Markus 12:9

12:9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy ¹  those tenants and give the vineyard to others. ² 

Markus 13:29

13:29 So also you, when you see these things happening, know ³  that he is near, right at the door.

Markus 15:39

15:39 Now when the centurion, ⁴  who stood in front of him, saw how he died, ⁵  he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

[12:9]  ¹ sn The statement that the owner will come and destroy those tenants is a promise of judgment; see Luke 13:34-35; 19:41-44.

[12:9]  ² sn The warning that the owner would give the vineyard to others suggests that the care of the promise and the nation’s hope would be passed to others. This eventually looks to Gentile inclusion; see Eph 2:11-22.

[13:29]  ³ 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.

[15:39]  ⁴ sn A centurion was a noncommissioned officer in the Roman army or one of the auxiliary territorial armies, commanding a centuria of (nominally) 100 men. The responsibilities of centurions were broadly similar to modern junior officers, but there was a wide gap in social status between them and officers, and relatively few were promoted beyond the rank of senior centurion. The Roman troops stationed in Judea were auxiliaries, who would normally be rewarded with Roman citizenship after 25 years of service. Some of the centurions may have served originally in the Roman legions (regular army) and thus gained their citizenship at enlistment. Others may have inherited it, like Paul.

[15:39]  ⁵ tn Grk “the way he breathed his last”; or “the way he expired”; or “that he thus breathed no more.”