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Acts 15:37

And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.

KJV

Βαρναβᾶς δὲ ἐβούλετο συνπαραλαβεῖν καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην τὸν καλούμενον Μᾶρκον·

Greek NT

Barnabas autem volebat secum assumere et Joannem, qui cognominabatur Marcus.

Vulgate

And Barnabas was minded to take with them John also, who was called Mark.

ASV

And Barnabas would have taken with them John also, that was surnamed Mark.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People JohnBarnabasMark

In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βαρνάβας
barnabas
noun · 28×
Μάρκος
markos
noun · 8×
βούλομαι
boulomai
verb · 36×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
συμπαραλαμβάνω
sumparalambano
verb · 4×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐβούλετο | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐβούλετο | RP: ἐβουλεύσατο
  • ἐβούλετοSBLGNT
  • ἐβούλετοWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐβουλεύσατοRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 4:11 — Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
  • Acts 4:36 — And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
  • Acts 12:12 — And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
  • Acts 12:12 — And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
  • Acts 12:25 — And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
  • Acts 12:25 — And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
  • Acts 13:5 — And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
  • Col 4:10 — Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
  • Col 4:10 — Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
  • Dan 11:35 — And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
  • Deut 20:8 — And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as w
  • Luke 9:62 — And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
  • Phlm 1:24 — Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
  • Phlm 1:24 — Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.