Acts 12:25

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled [their] ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

And {G1161} Barnabas {G921} and {G2532} Saul {G4569} returned {G5290} from {G1537} Jerusalem {G2419}, when they had fulfilled {G4137} their ministry {G1248}, and {G2532} took with them {G4838} John {G2491}, whose surname was {G1941} Mark {G3138}.

Bar-Nabba and Sha’ul, having completed their errand, returned from Yerushalayim, bringing with them Yochanan, surnamed Mark.

When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministration, taking with them John whose surname was Mark.

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Cross-References

  • Acts 12:12 (7 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Peter 5:13 (4 votes)

    The [church that is] at Babylon, elected together with [you], saluteth you; and [so doth] Marcus my son.

  • Acts 15:37 (4 votes)

    And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

  • Acts 4:36 (3 votes)

    And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, [and] of the country of Cyprus,

  • Acts 13:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

  • Acts 13:52 (2 votes)

    And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

  • Acts 11:29 (2 votes)

    Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: