Mark 2:19

2:19 Jesus¹ said to them, “The wedding guests² cannot fast while the bridegroom³ is with them, can they?⁴ As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

Mark 4:1

The Parable of the Sower

4:1 Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while⁵ the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

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 14:43

Betrayal and Arrest

14:43 Right away, while Jesus⁶ was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived.⁷ With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law⁸ and elders.

Mark 16:14

16:14 Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.

¹tn Grk “And Jesus.”

²tn Grk “sons of the wedding hall,” an idiom referring to wedding guests, or more specifically, friends of the bridegroom present at the wedding celebration (L&N 11.7).

³sn The expression while the bridegroom is with them is an allusion to messianic times (John 3:29; Isa 54:5-6; 62:4-5; 4 Ezra 2:15, 38).

⁴tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “can they?”).

⁵tn Grk “and all the crowd.” The clause in this phrase, although coordinate in terms of grammar, is logically subordinate to the previous clause.

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

⁷tn Or “approached.” This is a different verb than the one translated “arrived” in Matt 26:47 and below in v. 45, although in this context the meanings probably overlap.

⁸tn Or “from the chief priests, scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.