Mark 1:44

1:44 He told him, 1  “See that you do not say anything to anyone, 2  but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded 3  for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” 4 

Mark 2:12

2:12 And immediately the man 5  stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

Mark 8:23

8:23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then 6  he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes 7  and asked, “Do you see anything?”

1 tn Grk “And after warning him, he immediately sent him away and told him.”

2 sn The silence ordered by Jesus was probably meant to last only until the cleansing took place with the priests and sought to prevent Jesus’ healings from becoming the central focus of the people’s reaction to him. See also 1:34; 3:12; 5:43; 7:36; 8:26, 30; and 9:9 for other cases where Jesus asks for silence concerning him and his ministry.

3 sn On the phrase bring the offering that Moses commanded see Lev 14:1-32.

4 tn Or “as an indictment against them”; or “as proof to the people.” This phrase could be taken as referring to a positive witness to the priests, a negative testimony against them, or as a testimony to the community that the man had indeed been cured. In any case, the testimony shows that Jesus is healing and ministering to those in need.

5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the man who was healed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

6 tn Grk “village, and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

7 tn Grk “on him,” but the word πάλιν in v. 25 implies that Jesus touched the man’s eyes at this point.