Markus 8:38

8:38 For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him ¹  when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Markus 12:33

12:33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength ²  and to love your neighbor as yourself ³  is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Markus 13:8

13:8 For nation will rise up in arms ⁴  against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. ⁵  These are but the beginning of birth pains.

Markus 15:36

15:36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, ⁶  put it on a stick, ⁷  and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”

Markus 15:46

15:46 After Joseph ⁸  bought a linen cloth ⁹  and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. ¹⁰  Then ¹¹  he rolled a stone across the entrance ¹²  of the tomb.

Markus 16:14

16:14 Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.

[8:38]  ¹ sn How one responds now to Jesus and his teaching is a reflection of how Jesus, as the Son of Man who judges, will respond then in the final judgment.

[12:33]  ² sn A quotation from Deut 6:5.

[12:33]  ³ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.

[13:8]  ⁴ tn For the translation “rise up in arms” see L&N 55.2.

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

[15:36]  ⁶ sn Sour wine refers to cheap wine that was called in Latin posca, a cheap vinegar wine diluted heavily with water. It was the drink of slaves and soldiers, and was probably there for the soldiers who had performed the crucifixion.

[15:36]  ⁷ tn Grk “a reed.”

[15:46]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Joseph of Arimathea) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:46]  ⁹ tn The term σινδών (sindwn) can refer to a linen cloth used either for clothing or for burial.

[15:46]  ¹⁰ tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.25).

[15:46]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[15:46]  ¹² tn Or “to the door,” “against the door.”