Markus 6:14

The Death of John the Baptist

6:14 Now ¹  King Herod ²  heard this, for Jesus’ ³  name had become known. Some ⁴  were saying, “John the baptizer ⁵  has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Markus 6:21

6:21 But ⁶  a suitable day ⁷  came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

Markus 6:56

6:56 And wherever he would go – into villages, towns, or countryside – they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if ⁸  they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Markus 7:6

7:6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart ⁹  is far from me.

Markus 8:23

8:23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then ¹⁰  he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes ¹¹  and asked, “Do you see anything?”

Markus 9:2

The Transfiguration

9:2 Six days later ¹²  Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them, ¹³ 

Markus 9:9

9:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Markus 10:29

10:29 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, ¹⁴  there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

Markus 15:36

15:36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, ¹⁵  put it on a stick, ¹⁶  and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”

Markus 16:6

16:6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. ¹⁷  He has been raised! ¹⁸  He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

[6:14]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[6:14]  ² sn Herod was technically not a king, but a tetrarch, a ruler with rank and authority lower than a king. A tetrarch ruled only with the approval of the Roman authorities. This was roughly equivalent to being governor of a region. In the NT, Herod, who ruled over Galilee, is called a king (Matt 14:9, Mark 6:14-29), reflecting popular usage rather than an official title.

[6:14]  ³ tn Grk “his”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:14]  ⁴ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[6:14]  ⁵ tn While Matthew and Luke consistently use the noun βαπτίστης (baptisths, “the Baptist”) to refer to John, as a kind of a title, Mark prefers the substantival participle ὁ βαπτίζων (Jo baptizwn, “the one who baptizes, the baptizer”) to describe him (only twice does he use the noun [Mark 6:25; 8:28]).

[6:21]  ⁶ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[6:21]  ⁷ tn Grk “a day of opportunity”; cf. BDAG 407 s.v. εὔκαιρος, “in our lit. only pert. to time than is considered a favorable occasion for some event or circumstance, well-timed, suitable.”

[6:56]  ⁸ tn Grk “asked that they might touch.”

[7:6]  ⁹ tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.

[8:23]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “village, and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[8:23]  ¹¹ tn Grk “on him,” but the word πάλιν in v. 25 implies that Jesus touched the man’s eyes at this point.

[9:2]  ¹² tn Grk “And after six days.”

[9:2]  ¹³ sn In 1st century Judaism and in the NT, there was the belief that the righteous get new, glorified bodies in order to enter heaven (1 Cor 15:42-49; 2 Cor 5:1-10). This transformation means the righteous will share the glory of God. One recalls the way Moses shared the Lord’s glory after his visit to the mountain in Exod 34. So the disciples saw Jesus transfigured, and they were getting a sneak preview of the great glory that Jesus would have (only his glory is more inherent to him as one who shares in the rule of the kingdom).

[10:29]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[15:36]  ¹⁵ sn Sour wine refers to cheap wine that was called in Latin posca, a cheap vinegar wine diluted heavily with water. It was the drink of slaves and soldiers, and was probably there for the soldiers who had performed the crucifixion.

[15:36]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “a reed.”

[16:6]  ¹⁷ sn See the note on Crucify in 15:13.

[16:6]  ¹⁸ tn The verb here is passive (ἠγέρθη, hgerqh). This “divine passive” (see ExSyn 437-38) points to the fact that Jesus was raised by God.