Mark 14:31

14:31 But Peter ¹  insisted emphatically, ²  “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.

Mark 15:31

15:31 In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law ³  – were mocking him among themselves: ⁴  “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

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

² tn Grk “said emphatically.”

³ tn Or “with the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22. Only “chief priests” is in the nominative case; this sentence structure attempts to capture this emphasis.

⁴ tn Grk “Mocking him, the chief priests…said among themselves.”