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Excerpt from The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the New Testament (on an Original Plan): With Critical and Explanatory Notes, Indices, &C., &C
Took a more lenient view of his defection than the former, who indeed refused his consent to the proposal (acts xv. 36 Neither of them being willing to give way, they departed asunder, the one from the other; and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed into Cyprus, and Paul chose Silas, and departed. Thus this dissension between the two apostles resulted in God's good providence in the still wider diffusion of the gospel of peace. Moreover, the estrangement proved but a temporary cloud, for we afterwards find Mark restored to the full confidence of St. Paul, standing by his side during his first imprisonment at Rome, and recognised by him as one of the few fellow-workers unto the kingdom of God who had been a comfort to him at that trying period of his life (col. Iv. 10, ll Philem. Mark was at that time about to make a journey to the very region he formerly refused to Visit and the Colossians might have felt a little suspicious of him had not the apostle added, If he come unto you, receive him. The next time we hear of Mark he is at Babylon, in attendance on his spiritual father, St. Peter (1 Pet. V. There is one more notice of him in the New Testament, and that is contained in the last Epistle we possess from the pen of St. Paul. The great apostle is in prison once more at Rome, and the hour of his martyrdo'm is at hand. Mark is in Asia Minor again, nearer in Ephesus, where Timothy is stationed. St.' Paul longs for the society of them both. Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
