Markus 10:38-39

10:38 But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?” ¹  10:39 They said to him, “We are able.” ²  Then Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

Markus 13:27

13:27 Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. ³ 

Markus 16:12

16:12 After this he appeared in a different form to two of them while they were on their way to the country.

[10:38]  ¹ tn Grk “baptism I am baptized with.” This same change has been made in v. 39.

[10:39]  ² sn No more naïve words have ever been spoken as those found here coming from James and John, “We are able.” They said it with such confidence and ease, yet they had little clue as to what they were affirming. In the next sentence Jesus confirms that they will indeed suffer for his name.

[13:27]  ³ tn Or “of the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.