Discovery BoxMark 1:15 
Context1:15 He 1 said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God 2 is near. Repent and believe the gospel!”
Mark 2:20
Context2:20 But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, 3 and at that time 4 they will fast.
Mark 12:2
Context12:2 At harvest time he sent a slave 5 to the tenants to collect from them 6 his portion of the crop. 7
1 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
2 sn The kingdom of God is a reference to the sovereign activity of God as he rules over his creation and brings his plans to realization.
3 sn The statement the bridegroom will be taken from them is a veiled allusion by Jesus to his death, which he did not make explicit until the incident at Caesarea Philippi in 8:27ff. (cf. 8:31; 9:31; 10:33).
4 tn Grk “then on that day.”
5 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 10:44.
sn This slave (along with the others) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected.
6 tn Grk “from the tenants,” but this is redundant in English, so the pronoun (“them”) was used in the translation.
7 tn Grk “from the fruits of the vineyard.”
