Mark 1:22

1:22 The people there ¹  were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, ²  not like the experts in the law. ³ 

Mark 1:38

1:38 He replied, ⁴  “Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.” ⁵ 

Mark 2:2

2:2 So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by ⁶  the door, and he preached the word to them.

Mark 6:5

6:5 He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

Mark 6:11

6:11 If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off ⁷  your feet as a testimony against them.”

Mark 6:33

6:33 But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot ⁸  from all the towns ⁹  and arrived there ahead of them. ¹⁰ 

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 8:1

The Feeding of the Four Thousand

8:1 In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So ¹¹  Jesus ¹²  called his disciples and said to them,

Mark 13:19

13:19 For in those days there will be suffering ¹³  unlike anything that has happened ¹⁴  from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

Mark 15:40-41

15:40 There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, ¹⁵  and Salome. 15:41 When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. ¹⁶  Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem ¹⁷  were there too.

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 Grk “They.”

² sn Jesus’ teaching impressed the hearers with the directness of its claim; he taught with authority. A study of Jewish rabbinic interpretation shows that it was typical to cite a list of authorities to make one’s point. Apparently Jesus addressed the issues in terms of his own understanding.

³ tn Or “the scribes.” The traditional rendering of γραμματεύς (grammateu") as “scribe” does not communicate much to the modern English reader, for whom the term might mean “professional copyist,” if it means anything at all. The people referred to here were recognized experts in the law of Moses and in traditional laws and regulations. Thus “expert in the law” comes closer to the meaning for the modern reader.

⁴ tn Grk “And he said to them.”

⁵ tn Grk “Because for this purpose I have come forth.”

⁶ tn Some translations (e.g., NIV, NLT) take the preposition πρός (pro"), which indicates proximity, to mean “outside the door.” Others render it as “in front of the door” (TEV, CEV), and still others, “around the door” (NAB). There is some ambiguity inherent in the description here.

⁷ sn To shake the dust off represented shaking off the uncleanness from one’s feet; see Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; 18:6. It was a sign of rejection.

⁸ tn Grk “ran together on foot.” The idea of συντρέχω (suntrecw) is “to come together quickly to form a crowd” (L&N 15.133).

⁹ tn Or “cities.”

¹⁰ tc The translation here follows the reading προῆλθον (prohlqon, “they preceded”), found in א B [phone] pc lat co. Some mss (D 28 33 700 pc) read συνῆλθον (sunhlqon, “arrived there with them”), while the majority of mss, most of them late (Ì^84vid [A ˹³] Ï sy^h), conflate the two readings (προῆλθον αὐτοὺς καὶ συνῆλθον πρὸς αὐτόν, “they preceded them and came together to him”). The reading adopted here thus has better external credentials than the variants. As well, it is the harder reading internally, being changed “by copyists who thought it unlikely that the crowd on the land could have outstripped the boat” (TCGNT 78).

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

¹⁴ sn Suffering unlike anything that has happened. Some refer this event to the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. While the events of a.d. 70 may reflect somewhat the comments Jesus makes here, the reference to the scope and severity of this judgment strongly suggest that much more is in view. Most likely Jesus is referring to the great end-time judgment on Jerusalem in the great tribulation.

¹⁵ sn In Matt 27:56 the name Joses is written as Joseph.

¹⁶ tn Grk “and ministered to him.”

sn Cf. Luke 8:3.

¹⁷ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.