Markus 4:5

4:5 Other seed fell on rocky ground ¹  where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. ² 

Markus 13:1

The Destruction of the Temple

13:1 Now ³  as Jesus ⁴  was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!” ⁵ 

[4:5]  ¹ sn The rocky ground in Palestine would be a limestone base lying right under the soil.

[4:5]  ² tn Grk “it did not have enough depth of earth.”

[13:1]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[13:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:1]  ⁵ sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.