Mark 1:40

Cleansing a Leper

1:40 Now ¹  a leper ²  came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If ³  you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.

Mark 7:19

7:19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.” ⁴  (This means all foods are clean.) ⁵ 

Mark 15:20

15:20 When they had finished mocking ⁶  him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then ⁷  they led him away to crucify him. ⁸ 

Mark 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,

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

² sn The ancient term for leprosy covers a wider array of conditions than what we call leprosy today. A leper was totally ostracized from society until he was declared cured (Lev 13:45-46).

³ tn This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not.

⁴ tn Or “into the latrine.”

⁵ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

⁷ tn The aorist tense is taken consummatively here.

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁹ sn See the note on Crucify in 15:13.