Mark 1:19

1:19 Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their ¹  boat mending nets.

Mark 2:23

Lord of the Sabbath

2:23 Jesus ²  was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat ³  as they made their way.

Mark 7:15

7:15 There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”

Mark 13:1

The Destruction of the Temple

13:1 Now ⁴  as Jesus ⁵  was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!” ⁶ 

Mark 14:35

14:35 Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

Mark 16:7

16:7 But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”

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¹ tn Or “a boat.” The phrase ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ (en tw ploiw) can either refer to a generic boat, some boat (as it seems to do in Matt 4:21); or it can refer to “their” boat, implying possession. Mark assumes a certain preunderstanding on the part of his readers about the first four disciples and hence the translation “their boat” is justified (cf. also v. 20 in which the “hired men” indicates that Zebedee’s family owned the boats).

² tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Or “heads of grain.” While the generic term στάχυς (stacus) can refer to the cluster of seeds at the top of grain such as barley or wheat, in the NT the term is restricted to wheat (L&N 3.40; BDAG 941 s.v. 1).

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.