Bible Person
Meaning: rebellion · Female · 1 cross reference
This Mary entry refers to the mother of John Mark in Acts 12:12, not to Mary the mother of Jesus or the women at the cross and resurrection. She belongs to the Jerusalem church's domestic life and hospitality. First appears in Acts 12:12.1
AI summary: This Mary matters because her single cross reference shows the early believers gathering for prayer in a real household during a moment of crisis. The entry highlights how homes, kinship, and practical hospitality sustained the life of the church under pressure. Taken together, the material presents this Mary as a host figure in the Jerusalem church.1
Central Figure
Mary
Meaning: rebellion
Mary the mother of John Mark was one of the earliest of our Lord’s disciples.
Mary the mother of John Mark was one of the earliest of our Lord’s disciples. She was the sister of Barnabas (Col. 4:10), and joined with him in disposing of their land and giving the proceeds of the sale into the treasury of the Church (Acts 4:37; 12:12). Her house in Jerusalem was the common meeting-place for the disciples there. 3
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Acts |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.