Mark the Evangelist

Statue of Mark

Mark the Evangelist (מרקוס, Greek: Μάρκος) was one of the followers of Jesus Christ. He is believed to be the writer of the Gospel of Mark. He is believed by some scholars to be the young man found in chapter 14, verses 51-52 of the gospel. The Copts think Mark brought Christianity to Egypt. It was his house where Jesus and his disciples ate the last supper.

מרקוס and Μάρκος are both pronounced as Markus which more consistent with Aramaic and Hebrew understanding of Roman names. Markus was a Roman who accepted Jesus Christ along with others.

Mark The Evangelist Media

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  Mark the Evangelist's symbol is the winged lion, the Lion of Saint Mark. Inscription: PAX TIBI MARCE EVANGELISTA MEVS ('peace be upon you, Mark, my evangelist'). The same lion is also the symbol of Venice (on illustration).

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  Festa del bocoło (rosebud festival) in St Mark's Square, Venice (Italy)

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  Venetian merchants with the help of two Greek monks take Mark the Evangelist's body to Venice, by Tintoretto

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  Mark the Evangelist listening to the winged lion, Mark; image 21 of the Codex Aureus of Lorsch or Lorsch Gospels

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  Mark the Evangelist looking at the lion, c. 823

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  The martyrdom of Saint Mark. Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (Musée Condé, Chantilly), c. 1412 and 1416.

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  St Mark by Andrea Mantegna, 1448

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  Mark the Evangelist with the lion, 1524

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  A painted miniature in an Armenian Gospel manuscript from 1609, held by the Bodleian Library

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  Saint Mark on a 17th-century naive painting by unknown artist in the choir of St Mary church (Sankta Maria kyrka) in Åhus, Sweden