Mark 1:35

Praying and Preaching

1:35 Then 1  Jesus 2  got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer. 3 

Mark 6:31

6:31 He said to them, “Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while” (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

Mark 13:11

13:11 When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, 4  for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Mark 14:41

14:41 He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? 5  Enough of that! 6  The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Mark 14:72

14:72 Immediately a rooster 7  crowed a second time. Then 8  Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept. 9 

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

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

3 tn The imperfect προσηύχετο (proshuceto) implies some duration to the prayer.

4 tn Grk “in that hour.”

5 tn Or “Sleep on, and get your rest.” This sentence can be taken either as a question or a sarcastic command.

6 tc Codex D (with some support with minor variation from W Θ Ë13 565 2542 pc it) reads, “Enough of that! It is the end and the hour has come.” Evidently, this addition highlights Jesus’ assertion that what he had predicted about his own death was now coming true (cf. Luke 22:37). Even though the addition highlights the accuracy of Jesus’ prediction, it should not be regarded as part of the text of Mark, since it receives little support from the rest of the witnesses and because D especially is prone to expand the wording of a text.

7 tn This occurrence of the word ἀλέκτωρ (alektwr, “rooster”) is anarthrous and consequently may not point back explicitly to the rooster which had crowed previously in v. 68. The reason for the anarthrous construction is most likely to indicate generically that some rooster crowed. Further, the translation of ἀλέκτωρ as an indefinite noun retains the subtlety of the Greek in only hinting at the Lord’s prediction v. 30. See also NAB, TEV, NASB.

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

9 tn Grk “he wept deeply.”