Mark 4:20

4:20 But ¹  these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”

Mark 8:6

8:6 Then ²  he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So ³  they served the crowd.

Mark 15:36

15:36 Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, ⁴  put it on a stick, ⁵  and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to take him down!”

Mark 16:18

16:18 they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; ⁶  they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

³ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

³ sn Sour wine refers to cheap wine that was called in Latin posca, a cheap vinegar wine diluted heavily with water. It was the drink of slaves and soldiers, and was probably there for the soldiers who had performed the crucifixion.

⁴ tn Grk “a reed.”

⁴ tn For further comment on the nature of this statement, whether it is a promise or prediction, see ExSyn 403-6.