Markus 3:10

3:10 For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

Markus 7:1

Breaking Human Traditions

7:1 Now ¹  the Pharisees ²  and some of the experts in the law ³  who came from Jerusalem ⁴  gathered around him.

Markus 10:47

10:47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout, ⁵  “Jesus, Son of David, ⁶  have mercy ⁷  on me!”

Markus 14:66-67

Peter’s Denials

14:66 Now ⁸  while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls ⁹  came by. 14:67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said, “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”

¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

² sn See the note on Pharisees in 2:16.

³ tn Or “and some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

⁵ tn Grk “to shout and to say.” The infinitive λέγειν (legein) is redundant here and has not been translated.

⁶ sn Jesus was more than a Nazarene to this blind person, who saw quite well that Jesus was Son of David. There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

⁷ sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing. It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

⁹ tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.