Mark 2:11

2:11 “I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” ¹ 

Mark 6:23

6:23 He swore to her, ²  “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.” ³ 

Mark 6:43

6:43 and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.

Mark 7:34

7:34 Then ⁴  he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, “Ephphatha” (that is, “Be opened”). ⁵ 

Mark 9:27

9:27 But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.

Mark 10:50

10:50 He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

Mark 14:45

14:45 When Judas ⁶  arrived, he went up to Jesus ⁷  immediately and said, “Rabbi!” and kissed ⁸  him.

Mark 15:11

15:11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release ⁹  Barabbas instead.

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¹ tn Grk “to your house.”

² tc ‡ The witnesses here support several different readings: αὐτῇ πολλά (auth polla, “to her insistently”) is found in D Θ 565 700 it; πολλά is the reading of Ì^45vid 28; both words are lacking in L pc; and א A B C^2vid ˹³ 33 2427 Ï lat have just αὐτῇ. The best candidates for authenticity, on external grounds, are αὐτῇ πολλά and αὐτῇ. So the issue revolves around whether πολλά is part of the text. On the one hand, πολλά used adverbially is a distinctive Markanism (10 of the 16 NT instances are found in Mark; of the other Gospels, Matthew alone adds a single example [Matt 9:14]). It could be argued that such an unremarkable term would go unnoticed by the scribes, and consequently would not have been inserted in imitation of Mark’s style observed elsewhere. On the other hand, the largest cluster of instances of an adverbial πολλά are in Mark 5-6, with the most recent example coming just three verses earlier (Mark 5:23, 38, 43; 6:20). Scribes may well have imitated the usage so recently and so frequently seen. Further, the best Alexandrian witnesses, as well as good representatives of the Western and Byzantines texts, lack πολλά. On the whole, though a decision is difficult, it is probably best to read the text without πολλά. NA²⁷ places the word in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.

³ sn The expression up to half my kingdom is a proverbial comment meaning “great wealth.”

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁵ sn The author’s parenthetical note gives the meaning of the Aramaic word Ephphatha.

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Judas) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ sn Judas’ act of betrayal when he kissed Jesus is especially sinister when it is realized that it was common in the culture of the times for a disciple to kiss his master when greeting him.

⁹ tn Grk “to have him release for them.”