Mu 47 C.E., abatumwa baebele Barnaba na Sauli ukuya baleshimikila abantu imbila nsuma mu fifulo fimbi. Basendeleko na Marko, lelo katwishi ne calengele, Marko alibashiile no kubwelelamo ku ng’anda ku Yerusalemu. Sauli, uo batendeke ukwita ati Paulo nge fyo balemwita ku bena Roma, alifulilwe. Kabili tasuulileko fye kuli filya Marko abashiile pantu ena amwene ukuti tacaweme nangu panono.—Imilimo 13:1-3, 9, 13.

Ilyo Paulo na Barnaba babwelele ukufuma uko baile mu kushimikila, bashimike ifisuma ifyacitike ilyo baleshimikila. (Imilimo 14:24-28) Ilyo papitile imyeshi inono, aba babili bapangile ukubwelela kuli balya Abena Kristu bapya. Barnaba alefwaya ukusenda Marko na kabili, nomba bushe nawishiba ifyo Paulo acitile?— Paulo atile “tacalingile ukumusenda” pantu Marko alibashiile no kubwelela ku ng’anda.

Mu kuya kwa nshita lintu Paulo aali mu cifungo ku Roma, alitashishe sana Marko pa mulandu wa kuti alemukoselesha. (Abena Kolose 4:10, 11) Na lintu Paulo bamukakile na kabili ku Roma kwine, alembeele Timote no kumulomba ukuti akese na Marko, kabili atile: “Pantu wa mulimo ku kumpyungila.” (2 Timote 4:11) Cine cine, Marko aliipakishe ukubomba imilimo iikalamba iya kwa Lesa pa mulandu wa kuti tafuupwike!