³⁷ Barnabas wanted to take John [^Lwho is called] Mark with them [^CJohn Mark was a cousin of Barnabas; Col. 4:10]. ³⁸ But Paul ·did not think it was a good idea to [or insisted that they should not] take him, since Mark had ·left [deserted] them at Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work [13:13]. ³⁹ Paul and Barnabas had such a ·serious argument [sharp disagreement] about this that they ·separated and went different ways [parted company; ^Lseparated from one another]. Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus [^Can island off the coast of Syria, and the homeland of Barnabas; 4:36; 13:4],