Mary

Mary, the mother of John Mark, hosted a prayer meeting in her house.

Mary was a woman living in Jerusalem and the mother of John Mark, who later became a companion of Paul and Barnabas. When Peter was miraculously released from prison, he went to Mary's house, where many believers had gathered to pray for him. This indicates that Mary's home served as a meeting place for the early church in Jerusalem (Act 12:12). Her son, John Mark, would later accompany Paul and Barnabas on their missionary journeys and was a source of disagreement between the two leaders (Act.12.25; 15.37-39). Tradition holds that John Mark wrote the Gospel that bears his name based on Peter's teachings.

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.