Mark 1:15

1:15 He ¹  said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God ²  is near. Repent and believe the gospel!”

Mark 5:43

5:43 He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, ³  and told them to give her something to eat.

Mark 6:26

6:26 Although it grieved the king deeply, ⁴  he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

Mark 9:17

9:17 A member of the crowd said to him, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute.

Mark 9:19

9:19 He answered them, ⁵  “You ⁶  unbelieving ⁷  generation! How much longer ⁸  must I be with you? How much longer must I endure ⁹  you? ¹⁰  Bring him to me.”

Mark 9:45

9:45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have ¹¹  two feet and be thrown into hell.

Mark 10:49

10:49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So ¹²  they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.”

Mark 11:29

11:29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

Mark 13:20

13:20 And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them ¹³  short.

Mark 15:15

15:15 Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, ¹⁴  after he had Jesus flogged, ¹⁵  he handed him over ¹⁶  to be crucified.

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¹ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² sn The kingdom of God is a reference to the sovereign activity of God as he rules over his creation and brings his plans to realization.

³ sn That no one should know about this. See the note on the phrase who he was in 3:12.

⁴ tn Grk “and being deeply grieved, the king did not want.”

⁵ tn Grk “And answering, he said to them.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant, but the phrasing of the sentence was modified slightly to make it clearer in English.

⁶ tn Grk “O.” The marker of direct address, ὦ (w), is functionally equivalent to a vocative and is represented in the translation by “you.”

⁷ tn Or “faithless.”

sn The rebuke for lack of faith has OT roots: Num 14:27; Deut 32:5, 30; Isa 59:8.

⁸ tn Grk “how long.”

⁹ tn Or “put up with.” See Num 11:12; Isa 46:4.

¹⁰ sn The pronouns you…you are plural, indicating that Jesus is speaking to a group rather than an individual.

¹¹ tn Grk “than having.”

¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

¹³ tn Grk “the days.”

¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁵ tn The Greek term φραγελλόω (fragellow) refers to flogging. BDAG 1064 s.v. states, “flog, scourge, a punishment inflicted on slaves and provincials after a sentence of death had been pronounced on them. So in the case of Jesus before the crucifixion…Mt 27:26; Mk 15:15.”

sn A Roman flogging (traditionally, “scourging”) was an excruciating punishment. The victim was stripped of his clothes and bound to a post with his hands fastened above him (or sometimes he was thrown to the ground). Guards standing on either side of the victim would incessantly beat him with a whip (flagellum) made out of leather with pieces of lead and bone inserted into its ends. While the Jews only allowed 39 lashes, the Romans had no such limit; many people who received such a beating died as a result. See C. Schneider, TDNT, 4:515-19.

¹⁶ tn Or “delivered him up.”