Markus 9:20

9:20 So they brought the boy ¹  to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He ²  fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

Markus 12:16

12:16 So ³  they brought one, and he said to them, “Whose image ⁴  is this, and whose inscription?” They replied, ⁵  “Caesar’s.”

[9:20]  ¹ tn Grk “him.”

[9:20]  ² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[12:16]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate their response to Jesus’ request for a coin.

[12:16]  ⁴ tn Or “whose likeness.”

[12:16]  sn In this passage Jesus points to the image (Grk εἰκών, eikwn) of Caesar on the coin. This same Greek word is used in Gen 1:26 (LXX) to state that humanity is made in the “image” of God. Jesus is making a subtle yet powerful contrast: Caesar’s image is on the denarius, so he can lay claim to money through taxation, but God’s image is on humanity, so he can lay claim to each individual life.

[12:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “they said to him.”