Mark 5:13

5:13 Jesus ¹  gave them permission. ²  So ³  the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.

Mark 8:6

8:6 Then ⁴  he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So ⁵  they served the crowd.

Mark 9:9

9:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Mark 9:18

9:18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but ⁶  they were not able to do so.” ⁷ 

Mark 14:72

14:72 Immediately a rooster ⁸  crowed a second time. Then ⁹  Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept. ¹⁰ 

Mark 15:32

15:32 Let the Christ, ¹¹  the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!” Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. ¹² 

Mark 15:36

15:36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, ¹³  put it on a stick, ¹⁴  and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”

Mark 15:46

15:46 After Joseph ¹⁵  bought a linen cloth ¹⁶  and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. ¹⁷  Then ¹⁸  he rolled a stone across the entrance ¹⁹  of the tomb.

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

² sn Many have discussed why Jesus gave them permission, since the animals were destroyed. However, this is another example of a miracle that is a visual lesson. The demons are destructive: They were destroying the man. They destroyed the pigs. They destroy whatever they touch. The point was to take demonic influence seriously, as well as Jesus’ power over it as a picture of the larger battle for human souls. There would be no doubt how the man’s transformation had taken place.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate a conclusion and transition in the narrative.

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

⁵ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁷ tn The words “to do so” are not in the Greek text, but have been supplied for clarity and stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn This occurrence of the word ἀλέκτωρ (alektwr, “rooster”) is anarthrous and consequently may not point back explicitly to the rooster which had crowed previously in v. 68. The reason for the anarthrous construction is most likely to indicate generically that some rooster crowed. Further, the translation of ἀλέκτωρ as an indefinite noun retains the subtlety of the Greek in only hinting at the Lord’s prediction v. 30. See also NAB, TEV, NASB.

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁰ tn Grk “he wept deeply.”

¹¹ tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn See the note on Christ in 8:29.

¹² sn Mark’s wording suggests that both of the criminals spoke abusively to him. If so, one of them quickly changed his attitude toward Jesus (see Luke 23:40-43).

¹³ sn Sour wine refers to cheap wine that was called in Latin posca, a cheap vinegar wine diluted heavily with water. It was the drink of slaves and soldiers, and was probably there for the soldiers who had performed the crucifixion.

¹⁴ tn Grk “a reed.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Joseph of Arimathea) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn The term σινδών (sindwn) can refer to a linen cloth used either for clothing or for burial.

¹⁷ tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.25).

¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹⁹ tn Or “to the door,” “against the door.”