Markus 6:35

6:35 When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is an isolated place ¹  and it is already very late.

Markus 14:15-16

14:15 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” 14:16 So ²  the disciples left, went ³  into the city, and found things just as he had told them, ⁴  and they prepared the Passover.

Markus 14:20

14:20 He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand ⁵  with me into the bowl. ⁶ 

[6:35]  ¹ tn Or “a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation).

[14:16]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the flow within the narrative.

[14:16]  ³ tn Grk “and came.”

[14:16]  ⁴ sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.

[14:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “one who dips with me.” The phrase “his hand” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[14:20]  ⁶ sn One who dips with me in the bowl. The point of Jesus’ comment here is not to identify the specific individual per se, but to indicate that it is one who was close to him – somebody whom no one would suspect. His comment serves to heighten the treachery of Judas’ betrayal.