Mark 3:7

Crowds by the Sea

3:7 Then ¹  Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. ²  And from Judea,

Mark 10:52

10:52 Jesus said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately he regained ³  his sight and followed him on the road.

Mark 11:9

11:9 Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, “Hosanna! ⁴  Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! ⁵ 

Mark 14:54

14:54 And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He ⁶  was sitting with the guards ⁷  and warming himself by the fire.

Mark 15:41

15:41 When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. ⁸  Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem ⁹  were there too.

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¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

³ tn Or “received” (see the note on the phrase “let me see again” in v. 51).

⁴ tn The expression ῾Ωσαννά (Jwsanna, literally in Hebrew, “O Lord, save”) in the quotation from Ps 118:25-26 was probably by this time a familiar liturgical expression of praise, on the order of “Hail to the king,” although both the underlying Aramaic and Hebrew expressions meant “O Lord, save us.” The introductory ὡσαννά is followed by the words of Ps 118:25, εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου (euloghmeno" Jo ercomeno" en onomati kuriou), although in the Fourth Gospel the author adds for good measure καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ (kai Jo basileu" tou Israhl). In words familiar to every Jew, the author is indicating that at this point every messianic expectation is now at the point of realization. It is clear from the words of the psalm shouted by the crowd that Jesus is being proclaimed as messianic king. See E. Lohse, TDNT 9:682-84.

sn Hosanna is an Aramaic expression that literally means, “help, I pray,” or “save, I pray.” By Jesus’ time it had become a strictly liturgical formula of praise, however, and was used as an exclamation of praise to God.

⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 118:25-26.

⁶ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁷ sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

⁸ tn Grk “and ministered to him.”

sn Cf. Luke 8:3.

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