Mark 9:41

9:41 For I tell you the truth, ¹  whoever gives you a cup of water because ²  you bear Christ’s ³  name will never lose his reward.

Mark 12:35

The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord

12:35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, “How is it that the experts in the law ⁴  say that the Christ ⁵  is David’s son? ⁶ 

Mark 14:61

14:61 But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, ⁷  “Are you the Christ, ⁸  the Son of the Blessed One?”

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¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

² tn Grk “in [the] name that of Christ you are.”

³ tn Or “bear the Messiah’s”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn See the note on Christ in 8:29.

⁴ tn Or “that the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

⁵ 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.

⁶ sn It was a common belief in Judaism that Messiah would be David’s son in that he would come from the lineage of David. On this point the Pharisees agreed and were correct. But their understanding was nonetheless incomplete, for Messiah is also David’s Lord. With this statement Jesus was affirming that, as the Messiah, he is both God and man.

⁷ tn Grk “questioned him and said to him.”

⁸ 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.