Markus 6:24
Konteks6:24 So 1 she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother 2 said, “The head of John the baptizer.” 3
Markus 7:11
Konteks7:11 But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’ 4 (that is, a gift for God),
[6:24] 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
[6:24] 2 tn Grk “She said”; the referent (the girl’s mother) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[6:24] 3 tn While Matthew and Luke consistently use the noun βαπτίστης (baptisths, “the Baptist”) to refer to John, as a kind of a title, Mark employs the substantival participle ὁ βαπτίζων (Jo baptizwn, “the one who baptizes, the baptizer”) to describe him (though twice he does use the noun [Mark 6:25; 8:28]).
[7:11] 4 sn Corban is a Hebrew loanword (transliterated in the Greek text and in most modern English translations) referring to something that has been set aside as a gift to be given to God at some later date, but which is still in the possession of the owner (L&N 53.22). According to contemporary Jewish tradition the person who made this claim was absolved from responsibility to support or assist his parents, a clear violation of the Mosaic law to honor one’s parents (v. 10).