Mark 3:8

3:8 Jerusalem, ¹  Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, ²  and around Tyre ³  and Sidon ⁴  a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

Mark 5:14

5:14 Now ⁵  the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

Mark 14:16

14:16 So ⁶  the disciples left, went ⁷  into the city, and found things just as he had told them, ⁸  and they prepared the Passover.

¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² 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”).

³ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁴ sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions.

⁵ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate a transition to the response to the miraculous healing.

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the flow within the narrative.

¹⁰ tn Grk “and came.”

¹¹ sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.