Markus 1:44

1:44 He told him, ¹  “See that you do not say anything to anyone, ²  but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded ³  for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” ⁴ 

Markus 2:16

2:16 When the experts in the law ⁵  and the Pharisees ⁶  saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ⁷ 

Markus 8:31

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

8:31 Then ⁸  Jesus ⁹  began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer ¹⁰  many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ¹¹  and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Markus 9:12

9:12 He said to them, “Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

Markus 10:33

10:33 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. ¹²  They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

Markus 12:28

The Greatest Commandment

12:28 Now ¹³  one of the experts in the law ¹⁴  came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus ¹⁵  answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

Markus 14:43

Betrayal and Arrest

14:43 Right away, while Jesus ¹⁶  was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. ¹⁷  With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law ¹⁸  and elders.

Markus 16:8

16:8 Then ¹⁹  they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. ²⁰  And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

[1:44]  ¹ tn Grk “And after warning him, he immediately sent him away and told him.”

[1:44]  ² sn The silence ordered by Jesus was probably meant to last only until the cleansing took place with the priests and sought to prevent Jesus’ healings from becoming the central focus of the people’s reaction to him. See also 1:34; 3:12; 5:43; 7:36; 8:26, 30; and 9:9 for other cases where Jesus asks for silence concerning him and his ministry.

[1:44]  ³ sn On the phrase bring the offering that Moses commanded see Lev 14:1-32.

[1:44]  ⁴ tn Or “as an indictment against them”; or “as proof to the people.” This phrase could be taken as referring to a positive witness to the priests, a negative testimony against them, or as a testimony to the community that the man had indeed been cured. In any case, the testimony shows that Jesus is healing and ministering to those in need.

[2:16]  ⁵ tn Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[2:16]  ⁶ sn Pharisees were members of one of the most important and influential religious and political parties of Judaism in the time of Jesus. There were more Pharisees than Sadducees (according to Josephus, Ant. 17.2.4 [17.42] there were more than 6,000 Pharisees at about this time). Pharisees differed with Sadducees on certain doctrines and patterns of behavior. The Pharisees were strict and zealous adherents to the laws of the OT and to numerous additional traditions such as angels and bodily resurrection.

[2:16]  ⁷ sn The issue here is inappropriate associations. Jews were very careful about personal associations and contact as a matter of ritual cleanliness. Their question borders on an accusation that Jesus is ritually unclean.

[8:31]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:31]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:31]  ¹⁰ sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis, since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

[8:31]  ¹¹ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[10:33]  ¹² tn Or “chief priests and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[12:28]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[12:28]  ¹⁴ tn Or “One of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[12:28]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:43]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:43]  ¹⁷ tn Or “approached.” This is a different verb than the one translated “arrived” in Matt 26:47 and below in v. 45, although in this context the meanings probably overlap.

[14:43]  ¹⁸ tn Or “from the chief priests, scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[16:8]  ¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[16:8]  ²⁰ tn Grk “they began to have trembling and bewilderment.”