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 6:20

6:20 because Herod stood in awe of ⁵  John and protected him, since he knew that John ⁶  was a righteous and holy man. When Herod ⁷  heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, ⁸  and yet ⁹  he liked to listen to John. ¹⁰ 

Markus 6:31

6:31 He said to them, “Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while” (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

Markus 7:6

7:6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart ¹¹  is far from me.

Markus 12:33

12:33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength ¹²  and to love your neighbor as yourself ¹³  is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

[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.

[6:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “was fearing,” “was respecting”; the imperfect tense connotes an ongoing fear or respect for John.

[6:20]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:20]  ⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Herod) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:20]  ⁸ tc In place of ἠπόρει (hporei, “he was baffled”) the majority of mss (A C D ˹ 33 Ï lat sy) have ἐποίει (epoiei, “he did”; cf. KJV’s “he did many things.”) The best mss (א B L [W] Θ 2427 co) support the reading followed in the translation. The variation may be no more than a simple case of confusion of letters, since the two readings look very much alike. The verb ποιέω (poiew, “I do”) certainly occurs more frequently than ἀπορέω (aporew, “I am at a loss”), so a scribe would be more likely to write a more familiar word. Further, even though the reading ἐποίει is the harder reading in terms of the sense, it is virtually nonsensical here, rendering it most likely an unintentional corruption.

[6:20]  tn Or “terribly disturbed,” “rather perplexed.” The verb ἀπορέω (aporew) means “to be in perplexity, with the implication of serious anxiety” (L&N 32.9).

[6:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “and yet” to indicate the concessive nature of the final clause.

[6:20]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “him”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:6]  ¹¹ tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.

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

[12:33]  ¹³ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.