Mark 4:16

4:16 These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

Mark 6:28

6:28 He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

Mark 6:49

6:49 When they saw him walking on the water ¹  they thought he was a ghost. They ²  cried out,

Mark 6:55

6:55 They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be. ³ 

Mark 13:3

Signs of the End of the Age

13:3 So ⁴  while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, ⁵  and Andrew asked him privately,

Mark 13:15

13:15 The one on the roof ⁶  must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house. ⁷ 

¹ tn Grk “on the sea,” “on the lake.” The translation “water” has been used here for stylistic reasons (cf. the same phrase in v. 48).

² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹ tn Grk “wherever they heard he was.”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

² tn Grk “and James and John,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

¹ sn Most of the roofs in the NT were flat roofs made of pounded dirt, sometimes mixed with lime or stones, supported by heavy wooden beams. They generally had an easy means of access, either a sturdy wooden ladder or stone stairway, sometimes on the outside of the house.

² sn The nature of the judgment coming upon them will be so quick and devastating that one will not have time to come down or go inside to take anything out of his house. It is best just to escape as quickly as possible.