Markus 9:4

9:4 Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, ¹  and they were talking with Jesus.

Markus 9:6

9:6 (For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.) ² 

Markus 10:4

10:4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” ³ 

Markus 12:8

12:8 So ⁴  they seized him, ⁵  killed him, and threw his body ⁶  out of the vineyard. ⁷ 

Markus 14:2

14:2 For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.” ⁸ 

[9:4]  ¹ sn Commentators and scholars discuss why Moses and Elijah are present. The most likely explanation is that Moses represents the prophetic office (Acts 3:18-22) and Elijah pictures the presence of the last days (Mal 4:5-6), the prophet of the eschaton (the end times).

[9:6]  ² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[10:4]  ³ tn Grk “to divorce.” The pronoun has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:4]  sn An allusion to Deut 24:1. The Pharisees were all in agreement that the OT permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and divorce his wife (not vice-versa) and that remarriage was therefore sanctioned. But the two rabbinic schools of Shammai and Hillel differed on the grounds for divorce. Shammai was much stricter than Hillel and permitted divorce only in the case of sexual immorality. Hillel permitted divorce for almost any reason (cf. the Mishnah, m. Gittin 9.10).

[12:8]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

[12:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “seizing him.” The participle λαβόντες (labontes) has been translated as attendant circumstance.

[12:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “him.”

[12:8]  ⁷ sn Throwing the heir’s body out of the vineyard pictures Jesus’ death outside of Jerusalem.

[14:2]  ⁸ sn The suggestion here is that Jesus was too popular to openly arrest him. The verb were trying is imperfect. It suggests, in this context, that they were always considering the opportunities.