Markus 5:19

5:19 But ¹  Jesus ²  did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, “Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, ³  that he had mercy on you.”

Markus 11:17

11:17 Then he began to teach ⁴  them and said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? ⁵  But you have turned it into a den ⁶  of robbers!” ⁷ 

Markus 15:29

15:29 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

[5:19]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[5:19]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:19]  ³ sn Jesus instructs the man to declare what the Lord has done for him, in contrast to the usual instructions (e.g., 1:44; 5:43) to remain silent. Here in Gentile territory Jesus allowed more open discussion of his ministry. D. L. Bock (Luke [BECNT], 1:781) suggests that with few Jewish religious representatives present, there would be less danger of misunderstanding Jesus’ ministry as political.

[11:17]  ⁴ tn The imperfect ἐδίδασκεν (edidasken) is here taken ingressively.

[11:17]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Isa 56:7.

[11:17]  ⁶ tn Or “a hideout” (see L&N 1.57).

[11:17]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels. Not only were the religious leaders robbing the people financially, but because of this they had also robbed them spiritually by stealing from them the opportunity to come to know God genuinely. It is possible that these merchants had recently been moved to this location for convenience.