l'i"""""":::~~~~ii:ibi~~k~:::·""""'"'''~"'"! I ~ EXPOSITION and PERTINENT QUESTIONS on LESSON · T. C. Horton ~ I ~ DEVOTIONAL COMMENT Dr. F. W. Farr ~ !. . ~~~~RY !"~t~!i II ~lllllllllllllll111111111111111llllllll1111111111Jlllllllllll11Ullllllll!llllllJIJlll1111111111111111111111111lillllllll!llllllllllllll.lllllllltUlllllllllllJllJllJJlllli:O SEPTEMBER 9, 1923 JOHN MARK Goli.len Text: "Whatsoever thy band findeth to do, do it with thy might." Eccl. 9: 10. LESSON TEXT Acts 12:12, 25; 13:5; 15:36-40; 2 Tim. 4:11. Devotional Reading-Psa. 32:1-7. Outline: ( 1) The Preparation for Service. ( 2) The Parting of the Ways ( 3) 'l'he Perseverance in Service. Introduction: Iuteth you, nn'l Marcus, sister'• •on to nnruabns (touching 'vbotn ye have re– ceh'ell connnnndn1ents; it he come •nto yon receive hbn."') No doubt the Colossians knew of Mark's unfaithfulness and Paul desires to let them know that It has been for– given and is not to be held against him.
John Mark, the author of the Gospel of Mark, lived in Jerusalem, and is thought to be the young man described In Mark 14: 51, 52. His mother's name was Mary (Acts 12: LESSON 12) their home evl- EXPOSITION dently being the re- T. C. Horton sort of the disciples. John was his He– brew name, later giving place to Mark, his Roman name, as Paul supplanted Saul, the change marking a crisis In his life. He was a cousin of Barnabas (Col. 4:10 R. V.) which may account for his choice by Barnabas to accompany him– self and Paul on their first missionary tour (Acts 13: 5) : "And ·when they '\-Vere nt Sahnnis, they Preached the Word of Go(l in the syna– rogue of the Je,vs; and they had also 'ohn to their 1nlnister." The family belonged to Cyprus (Acts 4:36). When controversy arose be– tween Barnabas and Paul about Mark, Barnabas chose Mark and went to Cy– prus. The breach between Paul and Barnabas over this matter was subse– tuently healed (Col. 4: 10) "Aristarchus my fello1"vprl11oner ••-
In Philemon 24, Mark and Demas are associated, but in 2 Tim. 4: 10,11 (two years later) reference Is made by Paul to the fact that "Demas hath forsaken me" but he appeals to Timothy to "Take Mark and bring him with thee. For he Is profitable to me for the min– istry." As a Roman, Mark would no doubt be valuable to Paul in Rome. After Paul's death, Mark Is supposed to have associated himself with Peter. The fa– thers all testify that Mark was Peter's interpreter and wrote the Gospel of Mark under Peter's direction. He waa not himself an apostle nor an eye wit– ness of the facts and incidents describ– ed. The Four Gospels are suggestive of the four living creatures mentioned In Ezek. 1: 10, symbolized as follows: The face of a man- Matthew-re– presenting the Lord Jesus in His hu– man nature. The face or an ox-Luke-symbol– izing Christ as a servant.
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