Meaning of “mark”
Mark — the evangelist; "John whose surname was Mark" (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Col. 4:10, etc.) was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. He is called John in Acts 13:5, 13, and Mark in 15:39, 2 Tim. 4:11, etc. He was the son of Mary, a woman apparently of some means and influence, and was probably born in Jerusalem, where his mother resided (Acts 12:12). Of his father we know nothing. He was cousin of Barnabas (Col. 4:10). It was in his mother's house that Peter found "many gathered together praying" when he was released from prison; and it is probable that it was here that he was converted by Peter, who calls him his "son" (1 Pet. 5:13). It is probable that the "young man" spoken of in Mark 14:51, 52 was Mark himself. He is first mentioned in Acts 12:25. He went with Paul and Barnabas on their first journey (about A.D. 47) as their "minister," but from some cause turned back when they reached Perga in Pamphylia (Acts 12:25; 13:13). Three years afterwards a "sharp contention" arose between Paul and Barnabas (15:36-40), because Paul would not take Mark with him. He, however, was evidently at length reconciled to the apostle, for he was with him in his first imprisonment at Rome (Col. 4:10; Philemon 1:24). At a later period he was with Peter in Babylon (1 Pet. 5:13), then, and for some centuries afterwards, one of the chief seats of Jewish learning; and he was with Timothy in Ephesus when Paul wrote him during his second imprisonment (2 Tim. 4:11). He then disappears from view. Landmark — a boundary line indicated by a stone, stake, etc. (Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Prov. 22:28; 23:10; Job 24:2). Landmarks could not be removed without incurring the severe displeasure of God. Mark, Gospel according to — It is the current and apparently well-founded tradition that Mark derived his information mainly from the discourses of Peter. In his mother's house he would have abundant opportunities of obtaining information from the other apostles and their coadjutors, yet he was "the disciple and interpreter of Peter" specially. As to the time when it was written, the Gospel furnishes us with no definite information. Mark makes no mention of the destruction of Jerusalem, hence it must have been written before that event, and probably about A.D. 63. The place where it was written was probably Rome. Some have supposed Antioch (comp. Mark 15:21 with Acts 11:20). It was intended primarily for Romans. This appears probable when it is considered that it makes no reference to the Jewish law, and that the writer takes care to interpret words which a Gentile would be likely to misunderstand, such as, "Boanerges" (3:17); "Talitha cumi" (5:41); "Corban" (7:11); "Bartimaeus" (10:46); "Abba" (14:36); "Eloi," etc. (15:34). Jewish usages are also explained (7:3; 14:3; 14:12; 15:42). Mark also uses certain Latin words not found in any of the other Gospels, as "speculator" (6:27, rendered, A.V., "executioner;" R.V., "soldier of his guard"), "xestes" (a corruption of sextarius, rendered "pots," 7:4, 8), "quadrans" (12:42, rendered "a farthing"), "centurion" (15:39, 44, 45). He only twice quotes from the Old Testament (1:2; 15:28). The characteristics of this Gospel are, (1) the absence of the genealogy of our Lord, (2) whom he represents as clothed with power, the "lion of the tribe of Judah." (3.) Mark also records with wonderful minuteness the very words (3:17; 5:41; 7:11, 34; 14:36) as well as the position (9:35) and gestures (3:5, 34; 5:32; 9:36; 10:16) of our Lord. (4.) He is also careful to record particulars of person (1:29, 36; 3:6, 22, etc.), number (5:13; 6:7, etc.), place (2:13; 4:1; 7:31, etc.), and time (1:35; 2:1; 4:35, etc.), which the other evangelists omit. (5.) The phrase "and straightway" occurs nearly forty times in this Gospel; while in Luke's Gospel, which is much longer, it is used only seven times, and in John only four times. "The Gospel of Mark," says Westcott, "is essentially a transcript from life. The course and issue of facts are imaged in it with the clearest outline." "In Mark we have no attempt to draw up a continuous narrative. His Gospel is a rapid succession of vivid pictures loosely strung together without much attempt to bind them into a whole or give the events in their natural sequence. This pictorial power is that which specially characterizes this evangelist, so that 'if any one desires to know an evangelical fact, not only in its main features and grand results, but also in its most minute and so to speak more graphic delineation, he must betake himself to Mark.'" The leading principle running through this Gospel may be expressed in the motto: "Jesus came...preaching the gospel of the kingdom" (Mark 1:14). "Out of a total of 662 verses, Mark has 406 in common with Matthew and Luke, 145 with Matthew, 60 with Luke, and at most 51 peculiar to itself." (See MATTHEW »T0002442.) Market-place — any place of public resort, and hence a public place or broad street (Matt. 11:16; 20:3), as well as a forum or market-place proper, where goods were exposed for sale, and where public assemblies and trials were held (Acts 16:19; 17:17). This word occurs in the Old Testament only in Ezek. 27:13. In early times markets were held at the gates of cities, where commodities were exposed for sale (2 Kings 7:18). In large towns the sale of particular articles seems to have been confined to certain streets, as we may infer from such expressions as "the bakers' street" (Jer. 37:21), and from the circumstance that in the time of Josephus the valley between Mounts Zion and Moriah was called the Tyropoeon or the "valley of the cheesemakers." Sheep-market — occurs only in John 5:2 (marg., also R.V., "sheep-gate"). The word so rendered is an adjective, and it is uncertain whether the noun to be supplied should be "gate" or, following the Vulgate Version, "pool."
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Mark Chapter 7 Verse 4 — And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. Mark Chapter 12 Verse 38 — And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 15 — And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Leviticus Chapter 19 Verse 28 — Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Deuteronomy Chapter 19 Verse 14 — Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. Deuteronomy Chapter 27 Verse 17 — Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. Ruth Chapter 3 Verse 4 — And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 1 Samuel Chapter 1 Verse 12 — And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. 1 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 20 — And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 2 Samuel Chapter 13 Verse 28 — Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. 1 Kings Chapter 20 Verse 7 — Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. 1 Kings Chapter 20 Verse 22 — And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. Job Chapter 7 Verse 20 — I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? Job Chapter 10 Verse 14 — If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. Job Chapter 16 Verse 12 — I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. Job Chapter 18 Verse 2 — How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. Job Chapter 21 Verse 5 — Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. Job Chapter 22 Verse 15 — Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? Job Chapter 24 Verse 2 — Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. Job Chapter 24 Verse 16 — In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. Job Chapter 33 Verse 11 — He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. Job Chapter 33 Verse 31 — Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. Job Chapter 39 Verse 1 — Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? Psalms Chapter 37 Verse 37 — Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. Psalms Chapter 48 Verse 13 — Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. Psalms Chapter 56 Verse 6 — They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. Psalms Chapter 130 Verse 3 — If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? Proverbs Chapter 22 Verse 28 — Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. Proverbs Chapter 23 Verse 10 — Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: Isaiah Chapter 44 Verse 13 — The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. Jeremiah Chapter 2 Verse 22 — For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. Jeremiah Chapter 23 Verse 18 — For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? Jeremiah Chapter 31 Verse 21 — Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. Lamentations Chapter 3 Verse 12 — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. Ezekiel Chapter 9 Verse 4 — And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. Ezekiel Chapter 9 Verse 6 — Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. Ezekiel Chapter 27 Verse 13 — Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. Ezekiel Chapter 27 Verse 17 — Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. Ezekiel Chapter 27 Verse 19 — Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. Ezekiel Chapter 27 Verse 25 — The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. Ezekiel Chapter 44 Verse 5 — And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. Matthew Chapter 11 Verse 16 — But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, Matthew Chapter 20 Verse 3 — And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 7 — And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. Mark Chapter 1 Verse 1 — The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; Mark Chapter 1 Verse 2 — As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Mark Chapter 1 Verse 3 — The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Mark Chapter 1 Verse 4 — John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Mark Chapter 1 Verse 5 — And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. Mark Chapter 1 Verse 6 — And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
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