Mark 1:10
Context1:10 And just as Jesus 1 was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens 2 splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 3
Mark 9:22
Context9:22 It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
Mark 9:41
Context9:41 For I tell you the truth, 4 whoever gives you a cup of water because 5 you bear Christ’s 6 name will never lose his reward.
Mark 14:13
Context14:13 He sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar 7 of water will meet you. Follow him.
1 tn Grk “and immediately coming up out of the water, he saw.” The present participle has been translated temporally, with the subject (Jesus) specified for clarity.
2 tn Or “sky.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The same word is used in v. 11.
3 sn The phrase like a dove is a descriptive comparison. The Spirit is not a dove, but descended like one in some sort of bodily representation.
4 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
5 tn Grk “in [the] name that of Christ you are.”
6 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.
7 sn Since women usually carried these jars, it would have been no problem for the two disciples (Luke 22:8 states that they were Peter and John) to recognize the man Jesus was referring to.