Markus 4:21
Konteks4:21 He also said to them, “A lamp 1 isn’t brought to be put under a basket 2 or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?
Markus 10:35
Konteks10:35 Then 3 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
Markus 13:35
Konteks13:35 Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return – whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn –
[4:21] 1 sn The lamp is probably an ancient oil burning lamp or perhaps a candlestick. Jesus is comparing revelation to light, particularly the revelation of his ministry.
[4:21] 2 tn Or “a bowl”; this refers to any container for dry material of about eight liters (two gallons) capacity. It could be translated “basket, box, bowl” (L&N 6.151).
[10:35] 3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.