Mark 1:9

The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus

1:9 Now ¹  in those days Jesus came from Nazareth ²  in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River. ³ 

Mark 2:24

2:24 So ⁴  the Pharisees ⁵  said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

Mark 3:10

3:10 For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

Mark 7:1

Breaking Human Traditions

7:1 Now ⁶  the Pharisees ⁷  and some of the experts in the law ⁸  who came from Jerusalem ⁹  gathered around him.

Mark 10:13

Jesus and Little Children

10:13 Now ¹⁰  people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, ¹¹  but the disciples scolded those who brought them. ¹² 

Mark 11:21

11:21 Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered.”

Mark 14:2

14:2 For they said, “Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.” ¹³ 

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

² map For location see Map1-D3; Map2-C2; Map3-D5; Map4-C1; Map5-G3.

³ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

⁵ sn See the note on Pharisees in 2:16.

⁷ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

⁸ sn See the note on Pharisees in 2:16.

⁹ tn Or “and some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

¹⁰ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

¹¹ tn Grk “so that he would touch them.” Here the touch is connected with (or conveys) a blessing (cf. v. 16; also BDAG 126 s.v. ἅπτω 2.c).

¹² tc “Those who brought them” (ἐπετιμῶν τοῖς προσφέρουσιν, epetimwn toi" prosferousin) is the reading of most mss (A D W [Θ Ë^1,13] Ï lat sy), but it is probably a motivated reading. Since the subject is not explicit in the earliest and best witnesses as well as several others (א B C L Δ Ψ 579 892 2427), scribes would be prone to add “those who brought them” here to clarify that the children were not the ones being scolded. It could be argued that the masculine pronoun αὐτοῖς (autois, “them”) only rarely was used with the neuter antecedent παιδία (paidia, “children”), and thus the longer reading was not motivated by scribal clarification. However, such rare usage is found in Mark (cf. 5:41; 9:24-26); further, scribes routinely added clarifications when such were not necessary. Thus, both on external and internal grounds, the shorter reading is strongly preferred. Similar motivations are behind the translation here, namely, “those who brought them” has been supplied to ensure that the parents who brought the children are in view, not the children themselves.

¹³ 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.