Markus 2:24

2:24 So ¹  the Pharisees ²  said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

Markus 3:20-21

Jesus and Beelzebul

3:20 Now ³  Jesus ⁴  went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat. 3:21 When his family ⁵  heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”

Markus 3:26

3:26 And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

Markus 5:3

5:3 He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

Markus 6:5

6:5 He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

Markus 9:3

9:3 and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them.

Markus 9:8

9:8 Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more except Jesus.

Markus 12:18

Marriage and the Resurrection

12:18 Sadducees ⁶  (who say there is no resurrection) ⁷  also came to him and asked him, ⁸ 

Markus 14:55

14:55 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.

Markus 14:71

14:71 Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”

[2:24]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

[2:24]  ² sn See the note on Pharisees in 2:16.

[3:20]  ³ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[3:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:21]  ⁵ tc Western witnesses D W it, instead of reading οἱ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ (Joi par’ aujtou, here translated “family”), have περὶ αὐτοῦ οἱ γραμματεῖς καὶ οἱ λοιποί (peri autou Joi grammatei" kai Joi loipoi, “[when] the scribes and others [heard] about him”). But this reading is obviously motivated, for it removes the embarrassing statement about Jesus’ family’s opinion of him as “out of his mind” and transfers this view to the Lord’s opponents. The fact that virtually all other witnesses have οἱ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ here, coupled with the strong internal evidence for the shorter reading, shows this Western reading to be secondary.

[3:21]  tn On the meaning “family” for οἱ παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ (Joi par’ autou), see BDAG 756-57 s.v. παρά A.3.b.β.ב.

[3:21]  sn The incident involving the religious leaders accusing Jesus of being in league with the devil (3:22-30) is sandwiched between Mark’s mention of Jesus’ family coming to restrain him (the Greek word for restrain here is also used to mean arrest; see Mark 6:17; 12:12; 14:1, 44, 46, 49, 51) because they thought he was out of his mind (3:21). It is probably Mark’s intention in this structure to show that Jesus’ family is to be regarded as not altogether unlike the experts in the law [scribes] in their perception of the true identity of Jesus; they are incorrect in their understanding of him as well. The tone is obviously one of sadness and the emphasis on Jesus’ true family in vv. 31-35 serves to underscore the comparison between his relatives and the scribes on the one hand, and those who truly obey God on the other.

[12:18]  ⁶ sn The Sadducees controlled the official political structures of Judaism at this time, being the majority members of the Sanhedrin. They were known as extremely strict on law and order issues (Josephus, J. W. 2.8.2 [2.119], 2.8.14 [2.164-166]; Ant. 13.5.9 [13.171-173], 13.10.6 [13.293-298], 18.1.2 [18.11], 18.1.4 [18.16-17], 20.9.1 [20.199]; Life 2 [10-11]). They also did not believe in resurrection or in angels, an important detail in v. 25. See also Matt 3:7, 16:1-12, 22:23-34; Luke 20:27-38; Acts 4:1, 5:17, 23:6-8.

[12:18]  ⁷ sn This remark is best regarded as a parenthetical note by the author.

[12:18]  ⁸ tn Grk “and asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.