Mark 2:21

2:21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse.

Mark 7:6

7:6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart ¹  is far from me.

Mark 10:46

Healing Blind Bartimaeus

10:46 They came to Jericho. ²  As Jesus ³  and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

Mark 11:13

11:13 After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit ⁴  on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

Mark 12:34

12:34 When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Then no one dared any longer to question him.

Mark 13:19

13:19 For in those days there will be suffering ⁵  unlike anything that has happened ⁶  from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

Mark 13:28

The Parable of the Fig Tree

13:28 “Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Mark 14:54

14:54 And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He ⁷  was sitting with the guards ⁸  and warming himself by the fire.

Mark 15:43

15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, ⁹  who was himself looking forward to ¹⁰  the kingdom of God, ¹¹  went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ¹² 

¹ tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.

¹ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Grk “anything.”

¹ tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

² sn Suffering unlike anything that has happened. Some refer this event to the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. While the events of a.d. 70 may reflect somewhat the comments Jesus makes here, the reference to the scope and severity of this judgment strongly suggest that much more is in view. Most likely Jesus is referring to the great end-time judgment on Jerusalem in the great tribulation.

¹ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

¹ tn Grk “a councillor” (as a member of the Sanhedrin, see L&N 11.85). This indicates that some individuals among the leaders did respond to Jesus.

² tn Or “waiting for.”

³ sn Though some dispute that Joseph of Arimathea was a disciple of Jesus, this remark that he was looking forward to the kingdom of God and his actions regarding Jesus’ burial suggest otherwise.

⁴ sn Asking for the body of Jesus was indeed a bold move on the part of Joseph of Arimathea, for it clearly and openly identified him with a man who had just been condemned and executed, namely, Jesus. His faith is exemplary, especially for someone who was a member of the council that handed Jesus over for crucifixion (cf. Luke 23:51). He did this because he sought to give Jesus an honorable burial.