Introduction to the book

• I Peter 5:13 – Mark was not a physical son. This is referring to a spiritual relationship.
• Colossians 4:10
• Mark worked with Peter and Paul.
• Antioch – Jerusalem
  • Acts 11:29-30
• Jerusalem
  • Acts 12:5, 12
  • Act 12:1-17 – Paul and Barnabas in Jerusalem.

Travels of Mark

• Antioch (45 AD) – Acts 12:25
• Salamis (48 AD) – Acts 13:5
• Perga – Acts 13:13
• Jerusalem (49 AD) – Mark back home
• Antioch (52 AD) – Mark with Paul and Barnabas
• Cyprus – Acts 15:37-39 – Mark with Barnabas (the last we hear about Barnabas)
• Rome (63 AD) – Mark with Paul during his first imprisonment
  • Colossians 4:10-11; Philemon 1:23-24
• Babylon (I Peter 5:13) – Mark with Peter in Babylon
• Asia Minor (68 AD) – II Timothy 4:11 – Mark with Timothy during Paul’s second imprisonment
• Rome: Until Paul was killed
• Alexandria, Egypt – Preached and was martyred there

Timeline

• Mark was written about 67 AD according to most sources, although some say it was written about 48 AD, before Matthew.