Markus 2:15

2:15 As Jesus ¹  was having a meal ²  in Levi’s ³  home, many tax collectors ⁴  and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

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 ⁵  they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Markus 11:2

11:2 and said to them, “Go to the village ahead of you. ⁶  As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ⁷  Untie it and bring it here.

Markus 11:13

11:13 After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit ⁸  on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

Markus 13:8

13:8 For nation will rise up in arms ⁹  against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. ¹⁰  These are but the beginning of birth pains.

[2:15]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:15]  ² tn Grk “As he reclined at table.”

[2:15]  sn As Jesus was having a meal. 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.

[2:15]  ³ tn Grk “his.”

[2:15]  ⁴ sn The tax collectors would bid to collect taxes for the Roman government and then add a surcharge, which they kept. Since tax collectors worked for Rome, they were viewed as traitors to their own people and were not well liked.

[6:56]  ⁵ tn Grk “asked that they might touch.”

[11:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).

[11:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”

[11:13]  ⁸ tn Grk “anything.”

[13:8]  ⁹ tn For the translation “rise up in arms” see L&N 55.2.

[13:8]  ¹⁰ sn See Isa 5:13-14; 13:6-16; Hag 2:6-7; Zech 14:4.