Markus 2:20

2:20 But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, ¹  and at that time ²  they will fast.

Markus 12:20

12:20 There were seven brothers. The first one married, ³  and when he died he had no children.

Markus 15:6

Jesus and Barabbas

15:6 During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, ⁴  whomever they requested.

[2:20]  ¹ sn The statement the bridegroom will be taken from them is a veiled allusion by Jesus to his death, which he did not make explicit until the incident at Caesarea Philippi in 8:27ff. (cf. 8:31; 9:31; 10:33).

[2:20]  ² tn Grk “then on that day.”

[12:20]  ³ tn Grk “took a wife” (an idiom for marrying a woman).

[15:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:6]  sn The custom of Pilate to release one prisoner to them is unknown outside the gospels in Jewish writings, but it was a Roman custom at the time and thus probably used in Palestine as well (cf. Matt 27:15; John 18:39); see W. W. Wessel, “Mark,” EBC 8:773-74.