Markus 10:5

10:5 But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. ¹ 

Markus 10:16

10:16 After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them.

Markus 11:26

11:26 [[EMPTY]] ² 

Markus 12:10

12:10 Have you not read this scripture:

‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ³ 

Markus 15:16

Jesus is Mocked

15:16 So ⁴  the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) ⁵  and called together the whole cohort. ⁶ 

[10:5]  ¹ tn Grk “heart” (a collective singular).

[11:26]  ² tc A number of significant mss of various texttypes (א B L W Δ Ψ 565 700 892 pc sa) do not include 11:26 “But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your sins.” The verse is included in most later mss (A [C D] Θ [Ë^1,13 33] Ï lat) and is not likely to be original. It is probably an assimilation to Matt 6:15. The present translation follows NA²⁷ in omitting the verse number, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations.

[12:10]  ³ tn Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20-22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kefalh gwnia") refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone.

[12:10]  sn The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The use of Ps 118:22-23 and the “stone imagery” as a reference to Christ and his suffering and exaltation is common in the NT (see also Matt 21:42; Luke 20:17; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:6-8; cf. also Eph 2:20). The irony in the use of Ps 118:22-23 in Mark 12:10-11 is that in the OT, Israel was the one rejected (or perhaps her king) by the Gentiles, but in the NT it is Jesus who is rejected by Israel.

[15:16]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “So” to indicate that the soldiers’ action is in response to Pilate’s condemnation of the prisoner in v. 15.

[15:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “(that is, the praetorium).”

[15:16]  sn The governor’s residence (Grk “praetorium”) was the Roman governor’s official residence. The one in Jerusalem may have been Herod’s palace in the western part of the city, or the fortress Antonia northwest of the temple area.

[15:16]  ⁶ sn A Roman cohort was a tenth of a legion, about 500-600 soldiers.