Mark 1:10

1:10 And just as Jesus 1  was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens 2  splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 3 

Mark 9:22

9:22 It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

Mark 9:41

9:41 For I tell you the truth, 4  whoever gives you a cup of water because 5  you bear Christ’s 6  name will never lose his reward.

Mark 14:13

14:13 He sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar 7  of water will meet you. Follow him.

1 tn Grk “and immediately coming up out of the water, he saw.” The present participle has been translated temporally, with the subject (Jesus) specified for clarity.

2 tn Or “sky.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The same word is used in v. 11.

3 sn The phrase like a dove is a descriptive comparison. The Spirit is not a dove, but descended like one in some sort of bodily representation.

4 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

5 tn Grk “in [the] name that of Christ you are.”

6 tn Or “bear the Messiah’s”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn See the note on Christ in 8:29.

7 sn Since women usually carried these jars, it would have been no problem for the two disciples (Luke 22:8 states that they were Peter and John) to recognize the man Jesus was referring to.