Mark 6:53

Healing the Sick

6:53 After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there.

Mark 15:33

Jesus’ Death

15:33 Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.


sn Gennesaret was a fertile plain south of Capernaum (see also Matt 14:34). This name was also sometimes used for the Sea of Galilee (Luke 5:1).

tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

tn Grk “When the sixth hour had come.”

sn This imagery has parallels to the Day of the Lord: Joel 2:10; Amos 8:9; Zeph 1:15.

tn Grk “until the ninth hour.”