Mark 1:5

1:5 People ¹  from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem ²  were going out to him, and he was baptizing them ³  in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

Mark 3:8

3:8 Jerusalem, ⁴  Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, ⁵  and around Tyre ⁶  and Sidon ⁷  a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

Mark 3:22

3:22 The experts in the law ⁸  who came down from Jerusalem ⁹  said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” ¹⁰  and, “By the ruler ¹¹  of demons he casts out demons.”

Mark 11:27

The Authority of Jesus

11:27 They came again to Jerusalem. ¹²  While Jesus ¹³  was walking in the temple courts, ¹⁴  the chief priests, the experts in the law, ¹⁵  and the elders came up to him

Mark 15:41

15:41 When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. ¹⁶  Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem ¹⁷  were there too.

¹ tn Grk “And the whole Judean countryside.” Mark uses the Greek conjunction καί (kai) at numerous places in his Gospel to begin sentences and paragraphs. This practice is due to Semitic influence and reflects in many cases the use of the Hebrew ו (vav) which is used in OT narrative, much as it is here, to carry the narrative along. Because in contemporary English style it is not acceptable to begin every sentence with “and,” καί was often left untranslated or rendered as “now,” “so,” “then,” or “but” depending on the context. When left untranslated it has not been noted. When given an alternative translation, this is usually indicated by a note.

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³ tn Grk “they were being baptized by him.” The passive construction has been rendered as active in the translation for the sake of English style.

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⁵ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity. The region referred to here is sometimes known as Transjordan (i.e., “across the Jordan”).

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⁷ sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions.

⁷ tn Or “The scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

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⁹ tn Grk “He has Beelzebul.”

¹⁰ tn Or “prince.”

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¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Grk “the temple.”

¹³ tn Or “the chief priests, the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹³ tn Grk “and ministered to him.”

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