Mark 1:18
Context1:18 They left their nets immediately and followed him. 1
Mark 3:30
Context3:30 (because they said, “He has an unclean spirit” 2 ).
Mark 5:17
Context5:17 Then 3 they asked Jesus 4 to leave their region.
Mark 6:12
Context6:12 So 5 they went out and preached that all should repent.
Mark 6:40
Context6:40 So they reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties.
Mark 7:4
Context7:4 And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches. 6 ) 7
Mark 14:46
Context14:46 Then they took hold of him 8 and arrested him.
Mark 15:18
Context15:18 They began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” 9
Mark 16:18
Context16:18 they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; 10 they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”
1 sn The expression followed him pictures discipleship, which means that to learn from Jesus is to follow him as the guiding priority of one’s life.
2 sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.
3 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
4 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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 tc Several important witnesses (Ì45vid א B L Δ 28* pc) lack “and dining couches” (καὶ κλινῶν, kai klinwn), while the majority of
7 sn Verses 3-4 represent parenthetical remarks by the author, giving background information.
8 tn Grk “put their hands on him.”
9 tn Or “Long live the King of the Jews!”
sn The statement Hail, King of the Jews! is a mockery patterned after the Romans’ cry of Ave, Caesar (“Hail, Caesar!”).
10 tn For further comment on the nature of this statement, whether it is a promise or prediction, see ExSyn 403-6.