Mark 1:30
1:30 Simon’s mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so 1 they spoke to Jesus 2 at once about her.
Mark 3:32
3:32 A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers 3 are outside looking for you.”
Mark 3:34
3:34 And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here 4 are my mother and my brothers!
Mark 6:28
6:28 He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
Mark 7:11
7:11 But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’ 5 (that is, a gift for God),
Mark 10:19
10:19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’” 6
Mark 15:40
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, 7 and Salome.
Mark 16:1
The Resurrection
16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices 8 so that they might go and anoint him.
1 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
2 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tc ‡ Many mss read “and your sisters” here after “your brothers” (A D Γ 700 pm it). However, the pedigree of several of the mss which lack this phrase is considerable (א B C K L W Δ Θ Ë1,13 28 33 565 892 1241 1424 2542 pm lat sy). It seems likely that this phrase was added by an early Western scribe to harmonize this statement with Jesus’ response in v. 35. NA27 has the words in brackets, indicating some doubt as to their authenticity.
4 tn Grk “Behold my mother and my brothers.”
5 sn Corban is a Hebrew loanword (transliterated in the Greek text and in most modern English translations) referring to something that has been set aside as a gift to be given to God at some later date, but which is still in the possession of the owner (L&N 53.22). According to contemporary Jewish tradition the person who made this claim was absolved from responsibility to support or assist his parents, a clear violation of the Mosaic law to honor one’s parents (v. 10).
6 sn A quotation from Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20, except for do not defraud, which is an allusion to Deut 24:14.
7 sn In Matt 27:56 the name Joses is written as Joseph.
8 tn On this term see BDAG 140 s.v. ἄρωμα. The Jews did not practice embalming, so these materials were used to cover the stench of decay and slow decomposition.
sn Spices were used not to preserve the body, but as an act of love, and to mask the growing stench of a corpse.