Person New Testament
Mary
Mary, the mother of John Mark, hosted a prayer meeting in her house. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Acts 12:12.
Why it matters. Mother of John Mark; hosted prayer meeting.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Mary
Mary was a woman living in Jerusalem and the mother of John Mark, who later became a companion of Paul and Barnabas. When Peter was miraculously released from prison, he went to Mary's house, where many believers had gathered to pray for him. This indicates that Mary's home served as a meeting place for the early church in Jerusalem (Act.12.12). Her son, John Mark, would later accompany Paul and Barnabas on their missionary journeys and was a source of disagreement between the two leaders (Act.12.25; 15.37-39). Tradition holds that John Mark wrote the Gospel that bears his name based on Peter's teachings.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Acts (1 verse)