Markus 2:15

2:15 As Jesus ¹  was having a meal ²  in Levi’s ³  home, many tax collectors ⁴  and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

Markus 12:11

12:11 This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” ⁵ 

Markus 13:9

Persecution of Disciples

13:9 “You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over ⁶  to councils ⁷  and beaten in the synagogues. ⁸  You will stand before governors and kings ⁹  because of me, as a witness to them.

Markus 15:46

15:46 After Joseph ¹⁰  bought a linen cloth ¹¹  and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. ¹²  Then ¹³  he rolled a stone across the entrance ¹⁴  of the tomb.

[2:15]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:15]  ² tn Grk “As he reclined at table.”

[2:15]  sn As Jesus was having a meal. 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.

[2:15]  ³ tn Grk “his.”

[2:15]  ⁴ sn The tax collectors would bid to collect taxes for the Roman government and then add a surcharge, which they kept. Since tax collectors worked for Rome, they were viewed as traitors to their own people and were not well liked.

[12:11]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 118:22-23.

[13:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “They will hand you over.” “They” is an indefinite plural, referring to people in general. The parallel in Matt 10:17 makes this explicit.

[13:9]  ⁷ sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.

[13:9]  ⁸ sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

[13:9]  ⁹ sn These statements look at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of councils and synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to governors and kings suggests. Some fulfillment of Jewish persecution can be seen in Acts.

[15:46]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Joseph of Arimathea) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:46]  ¹¹ tn The term σινδών (sindwn) can refer to a linen cloth used either for clothing or for burial.

[15:46]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[15:46]  ¹⁴ tn Or “to the door,” “against the door.”