Mark 12:38

Warnings About Experts in the Law

12:38 In his teaching Jesus ¹  also said, “Watch out for the experts in the law. ²  They like walking ³  around in long robes and elaborate greetings ⁴  in the marketplaces,

Mark 6:56

6:56 And wherever he would go – into villages, towns, or countryside – they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if ⁵  they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

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¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “for the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

³ tn In Greek this is the only infinitive in vv. 38-39. It would be awkward in English to join an infinitive to the following noun clauses, so this has been translated as a gerund.

⁴ sn There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.

⁵ tn Grk “asked that they might touch.”