Classic Sermon Outlines (continued)
SMexander Maclaren
SERMON THIRTY-ONE
MARCUS, MY SON
So doth Marcus, my son.
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MARK was the son of Mary, a woman of some wealth and position. He was a relative, probably a cousin, of Barnabas and possibly like him, a native of Cyprus. The designation of him by Peter as "my son" naturally implies that the apostle had been the instrument of his conversion.
I. THE WORKING OF CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY.
A. The Change of Name of a Disciple of Christ.
1. The fact of a change in name. "John, whose surname was Mark" bore a double name—one Jewish, "John," and one Gentile, "Marcus." As time goes on we do not hear anything more about "John" nor about "John Mark," which are the two forms of his name when he is first introduced to us in the Acts of the Sanco. but See ee eee
2. The appropriateness of the change in name in relation to his ministry. The change of appellation coincides with the fact that so many of the allusions which we have to him represent him as sending messages of Christian greetings to his peas brethren. And it further coincides