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 7:37
Context7:37 People were completely astounded and said, “He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Mark 8:25
Context8:25 Then Jesus 3 placed his hands on the man’s 4 eyes again. And he opened his eyes, 5 his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.
Mark 11:11
Context11:11 Then 6 Jesus 7 entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late.
Mark 12:44
Context12:44 For they all gave out of their wealth. 8 But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.” 9
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 “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Grk “his”; the referent (the blind man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Or “he looked intently”; or “he stared with eyes wide open” (BDAG 226 s.v. διαβλέπω 1).
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to indicate the transition from the previous narrative.
7 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Grk “out of what abounded to them.”
9 sn The contrast between this passage, 12:41-44, and what has come before in 11:27-12:40 is remarkable. The woman is set in stark contrast to the religious leaders. She was a poor widow, they were rich. She was uneducated in the law, they were well educated in the law. She was a woman, they were men. But whereas they evidenced no faith and actually stole money from God and men (cf. 11:17), she evidenced great faith and gave out of her extreme poverty everything she had.
