Discovery BoxMark 2:6 
Context2:6 Now some of the experts in the law 1 were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds: 2
Mark 3:3
Context3:3 So he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Stand up among all these people.” 3
Mark 4:16
Context4:16 These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.
Mark 4:33
Context4:33 So 4 with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.
Mark 8:4
Context8:4 His disciples answered him, “Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?”
Mark 12:40
Context12:40 They 5 devour widows’ property, 6 and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”
Mark 13:29-30
Context13:29 So also you, when you see these things happening, know 7 that he is near, right at the door. 13:30 I tell you the truth, 8 this generation 9 will not pass away until all these things take place.
1 tn Or “some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.
2 tn Grk “Reasoning within their hearts.”
3 tn Grk “Stand up in the middle.”
sn Most likely synagogues were arranged with benches along the walls and open space in the center for seating on the floor.
4 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
5 tn Grk “who,” continuing the sentence begun in v. 38.
6 tn Grk “houses,” “households”; however, the term can have the force of “property” or “possessions” as well (O. Michel, TDNT 5:131; BDAG 695 s.v. οἶκια 1.a).
7 tn The verb γινώσκετε (ginwskete, “know”) can be parsed as either present indicative or present imperative. In this context the imperative fits better, since the movement is from analogy (trees and seasons) to the future (the signs of the coming of the kingdom) and since the emphasis is on preparation for this event.
8 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
9 sn This is one of the hardest verses in the gospels to interpret. Various views exist for what generation means. (1) Some take it as meaning “race” and thus as an assurance that the Jewish race (nation) will not pass away. But it is very questionable that the Greek term γενεά (genea) can have this meaning. Two other options are possible. (2) Generation might mean “this type of generation” and refer to the generation of wicked humanity. Then the point is that humanity will not perish, because God will redeem it. Or (3) generation may refer to “the generation that sees the signs of the end” (v. 26), who will also see the end itself. In other words, once the movement to the return of Christ starts, all the events connected with it happen very quickly, in rapid succession.
