Markus 1:19-20

1:19 Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their ¹  boat mending nets. 1:20 Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Markus 3:11

3:11 And whenever the unclean spirits ²  saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

Markus 6:11

6:11 If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off ³  your feet as a testimony against them.”

Markus 6:25

6:25 Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: ⁴  “I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

Markus 12:25

12:25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels ⁵  in heaven.

Markus 13:2

13:2 Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. ⁶  All will be torn down!” ⁷ 

Markus 13:29

13:29 So also you, when you see these things happening, know ⁸  that he is near, right at the door.

Markus 14:13

14:13 He sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar ⁹  of water will meet you. Follow him.

[1:19]  ¹ tn Or “a boat.” The phrase ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ (en tw ploiw) can either refer to a generic boat, some boat (as it seems to do in Matt 4:21); or it can refer to “their” boat, implying possession. Mark assumes a certain preunderstanding on the part of his readers about the first four disciples and hence the translation “their boat” is justified (cf. also v. 20 in which the “hired men” indicates that Zebedee’s family owned the boats).

[3:11]  ² sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.

[6:11]  ³ sn To shake the dust off represented shaking off the uncleanness from one’s feet; see Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; 18:6. It was a sign of rejection.

[6:25]  ⁴ tn Grk “she asked, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant and has not been translated.

[12:25]  ⁵ sn Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition (1 En. 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 2 Bar. 51:10; 1QH 3.21-23).

[13:2]  ⁶ sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

[13:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”

[13:29]  ⁸ tn The verb γινώσκετε (ginwskete, “know”) can be parsed as either present indicative or present imperative. In this context the imperative fits better, since the movement is from analogy (trees and seasons) to the future (the signs of the coming of the kingdom) and since the emphasis is on preparation for this event.

[14:13]  ⁹ sn Since women usually carried these jars, it would have been no problem for the two disciples (Luke 22:8 states that they were Peter and John) to recognize the man Jesus was referring to.