Markus 10:43-44

10:43 But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, 10:44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave ¹  of all.

Markus 11:8

11:8 Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

Markus 11:21

11:21 Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered.”

Markus 12:22

12:22 None of the seven had children. Finally, the woman died too.

Markus 12:24

12:24 Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you deceived ²  for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?

Markus 13:5

13:5 Jesus began to say to them, “Watch out ³  that no one misleads you.

Markus 14:16

14:16 So ⁴  the disciples left, went ⁵  into the city, and found things just as he had told them, ⁶  and they prepared the Passover.

Markus 14:47

14:47 One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, ⁷  cutting off his ear.

[10:44]  ¹ tn Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times…in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v. 1). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.

[12:24]  ² tn Or “mistaken” (cf. BDAG 822 s.v. πλανάω 2.c.γ).

[13:5]  ³ tn Or “Be on guard.”

[14:16]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the flow within the narrative.

[14:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “and came.”

[14:16]  ⁶ sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.

[14:47]  ⁷ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 10:44.