Discovery BoxMark 4:11 
Context4:11 He said to them, “The secret 1 of the kingdom of God has been given 2 to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,
Mark 5:18
Context5:18 As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go 3 with him.
Mark 8:2
Context8:2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.
Mark 10:40
Context10:40 but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.” 4
Mark 14:5
Context14:5 It 5 could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins 6 and the money 7 given to the poor!” So 8 they spoke angrily to her.
Mark 15:44
Context15:44 Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He 9 called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.
1 tn Grk “the mystery.”
sn The key term secret (μυστήριον, musthrion) can mean either (1) a new revelation or (2) a revealing interpretation of existing revelation as in Dan 2:17-23, 27-30. Jesus seems to be explaining how current events develop old promises, since the NT consistently links the events of Jesus’ ministry and message with old promises (Rom 1:1-4; Heb 1:1-2). The traditional translation of this word, “mystery,” is misleading to the modern English reader because it suggests a secret which people have tried to uncover but which they have failed to understand (L&N 28.77).
2 tn This is an example of a “divine passive,” with God understood to be the source of the revelation (see ExSyn 437-38).
3 tn Grk “be,” that is, “remain.” In this context that would involve accompanying Jesus as he went on his way.
4 sn After the first passion prediction in 8:31 Jesus rebuked Peter as having been used by Satan. After the second passion prediction in 9:31 the disciples were concerned about who would be the greatest in the kingdom. After the third passion prediction in 10:33 James and John asked for positions of honor and rulership in the kingdom, revealing their complete misunderstanding of the nature of the kingdom and exposing their inadequacy as true disciples of Jesus. Jesus replied that such positions were for those for whom it has been prepared.
5 tn Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.
6 tn Grk “three hundred denarii.” One denarius was the standard day’s wage, so the value exceeded what a laborer could earn in a year (taking in to account Sabbaths and feast days when no work was done).
7 tn The words “the money” are not in the Greek text, but are implied (as the proceeds from the sale of the perfumed oil).
8 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
9 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
