Mary, Mother of John Mark

When was Mary, Mother active?

Mary, Mother of John Mark is dated fl. c. 44 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Mary, Mother in the Apostolic Age (AD 4–70). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

Which early sources mention Mary, Mother?

Mary, Mother of John Mark is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Luke and John Chrysostom. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Mary, Mother from?

The archive associates Mary, Mother of John Mark with Jerusalem.

Who were Mary, Mother’s contemporaries?

The archive links Mary, Mother of John Mark to 4 other figures, including John Mark, Simon Peter, Rhoda and Barnabas of Cyprus. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

He came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

“And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.” Observe how Peter does not immediately withdraw, but first brings the good tidings to his friends. … Who is this John? Probably he that was always with them: for this is why he adds his distinctive name (τὸ παράσημον), “whose surname was Mark.” But observe, “praying” in the night, how much they got by it: what a good thing affliction is; how wakeful it made them! … With women, and children, and maid-servants, they sang hymns to God, made purer than the sky by affliction. … Nothing ever was more splendid than that Church.