Mark 13:12

13:12 Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against ¹  parents and have them put to death.

Mark 14:34

14:34 He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.”

Mark 14:64

14:64 You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?” ²  They all condemned him as deserving death.

Mark 7:10

7:10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ ³  and, ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ ⁴ 

Mark 9:1

9:1 And he said to them, “I tell you the truth, ⁵  there are some standing here who will not ⁶  experience ⁷  death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.” ⁸ 

Mark 10:33

10:33 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. ⁹  They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

¹ tn Or “will rebel against.”

² tn Grk “What do you think?”

³ sn A quotation from Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16.

⁴ sn A quotation from Exod 21:17; Lev 20:9.

⁴ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁵ tn The Greek negative here (οὐ μή, ou mh) is the strongest possible.

⁶ tn Grk “will not taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).

⁷ sn Several suggestions have been made as to the referent for the phrase the kingdom of God come with power: (1) the transfiguration itself, which immediately follows in the narrative; (2) Jesus’ resurrection and ascension; (3) the coming of the Spirit; (4) Jesus’ second coming and the establishment of the kingdom. The reference to after six days in 9:2 seems to indicate that Mark had the transfiguration in mind insofar as it was a substantial prefiguring of the consummation of the kingdom (although this interpretation is not without its problems). As such, the transfiguration was a tremendous confirmation to the disciples that even though Jesus had just finished speaking of his death (8:31; 9:31; 10:33), he was nonetheless the promised Messiah and things were proceeding according to God’s plan.

⁵ tn Or “chief priests and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.