Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
Book: Mark
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Mark was a sister's son to
Barnabas, Col 4:10; and Ac
12:12 shows that he was the son of
Mary, a pious
Woman of
Jerusalem, at whose
House the apostles and first Christians
assembled. From
Peter's styling him his son, 1Pe 5:13, the
Evangelist is supposed to have been converted
By that
Apostle.
Thus
Mark was closely united with the followers of our
Lord, if
not himself one of the number.
Mark wrote at
Rome; some suppose
that
Peter dictated to him, though the general
Testimony is,
that the
Apostle having preached at
Rome,
Mark, who was the
Apostle's companion, and had a clear understanding of what
Peter
delivered, was desired to commit the particulars to
Writing. And
we may remark, that the great
Humility of
Peter is very
Plain
where any thing is said about himself. Scarcely an action or a
work of
Christ is mentioned, at which this
Apostle was not
present, and the minuteness shows that the facts were related
By
an
Eye-
Witness. This
Gospel records more of the miracles than of
the discourses of our
Lord, and though in many things it relates
the same things as the
Gospel according to St.
Matthew, we may
reap advantages from reviewing the same events, placed
By each
of the evangelists in that point of view which most affected his
own mind.