Markus 4:3
Konteks4:3 “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 1
Markus 6:31-32
Konteks6:31 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). 6:32 So they went away by themselves in a boat to some remote place.
Markus 7:24
Konteks7:24 After Jesus 2 left there, he went to the region of Tyre. 3 When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but 4 he was not able to escape notice.
Markus 11:13
Konteks11:13 After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit 5 on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
Markus 12:26
Konteks12:26 Now as for the dead being raised, 6 have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, 7 how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the 8 God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 9
[4:3] 1 sn A sower went out to sow. The background for this well-known parable, drawn from a typical scene in the Palestinian countryside, is a field through which a well worn path runs. Sowing would occur in late fall or early winter (October to December) in the rainy season, looking for sprouting in April or May and a June harvest. The use of seed as a figure for God’s giving life has OT roots (Isa 55:10-11). The point of the parable of the sower is to illustrate the various responses to the message of the kingdom of God (cf. 4:11).
[7:24] 2 tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[7:24] 3 tc Most
[7:24] map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
[7:24] 4 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
[12:26] 6 tn Grk “Now as for the dead that they are raised.”
[12:26] 7 sn See Exod 3:6. Jesus used a common form of rabbinic citation here to refer to the passage in question.
[12:26] 8 tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.