There is surprisingly little about Mary in the New Testament. She plays an active role in only two stories in Mark, one story in Matthew, five stories in Luke, and two stories in John. She does not play a major role in Jesus' public ministry, and none of the Gospels mention her in connection with the Resurrection. And yet, if we compare the first and last Gospels, Mark and John, written about 30 years apart, it is clear that Mary came to be revered in the early Church because of her position as mother of the Savior and her commitment to him. Her place, though, was not above but within the Church, and that is how we see her in the Acts of the Apostles: the apostles "devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers" (Acts of the Apostles 1:14).