Characters & Episodes in Mark
Swipe chapter-by-chapter across Mark (16 chapters total).
Mark 1
John the Apostle
The youngest apostle and 'disciple whom Jesus loved' — who witnessed Christ calm the Galilean tempest and, as an aged prisoner on Patmos, wept before the sealed scroll and recorded the Book of Revelation.
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Simon Peter
The Galilean fisherman who panicked in the storm, pulled back his feet in the Upper Room, and was transformed by the Pentecost fire to preach 3,000 souls into the Kingdom and open the door to the Gentiles.
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Andrew the Apostle
Galilean fisherman and brother of Simon Peter who first brought Peter to Jesus ('We have found the Messiah') and weathered the midnight tempest on the Sea of Galilee in the boat with Christ.
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James, Son of Zebedee
Older brother of John the Apostle, Galilean fisherman in the boat during the tempest, member of Jesus' inner three, and the first of the twelve apostles to lay down his life as a martyr in Acts 12.
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Galilean master fisherman and father of the apostles James and John, whose sons left him in the boat with the hired servants when Jesus called them.
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Mark 3
Jesus Christ
The eternal Son of God and promised Messiah — who calmed the Galilean storm, washed His disciples' feet, bore our judgment on the cross, rose as Firstfruits, and returns on a white horse as King of Kings.
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John the Apostle
The youngest apostle and 'disciple whom Jesus loved' — who witnessed Christ calm the Galilean tempest and, as an aged prisoner on Patmos, wept before the sealed scroll and recorded the Book of Revelation.
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Simon Peter
The Galilean fisherman who panicked in the storm, pulled back his feet in the Upper Room, and was transformed by the Pentecost fire to preach 3,000 souls into the Kingdom and open the door to the Gentiles.
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Andrew the Apostle
Galilean fisherman and brother of Simon Peter who first brought Peter to Jesus ('We have found the Messiah') and weathered the midnight tempest on the Sea of Galilee in the boat with Christ.
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James, Son of Zebedee
Older brother of John the Apostle, Galilean fisherman in the boat during the tempest, member of Jesus' inner three, and the first of the twelve apostles to lay down his life as a martyr in Acts 12.
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Mark 16
Jesus Christ
The eternal Son of God and promised Messiah — who calmed the Galilean storm, washed His disciples' feet, bore our judgment on the cross, rose as Firstfruits, and returns on a white horse as King of Kings.
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Mary Magdalene
Delivered by Jesus from seven demons, faithful witness at the cross, and first herald of the empty tomb at dawn on the Feast of Firstfruits.
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