There is an immediacy about these passages, with their references to people associated with the life and work of Paul. A certain homogeneity also exists across these three references to Mark, the coworker of Paul in his mission to various places in Asia Minor.5 However, there is a dissonance between the role of John Mark in the life of Paul as it is reported in the Acts of the Apostles, and the activities and associates of Paul, as they are found in his letters.6 It is not obvious that the John Mark