Mark 1:11

1:11 And a voice came from heaven: “You are my one dear Son; ¹  in you I take great delight.” ² 

Mark 1:26

1:26 After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

Mark 1:29

Healings at Simon’s House

1:29 Now ³  as soon as they left the synagogue, ⁴  they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.

Mark 7:21

7:21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

Mark 7:29

7:29 Then ⁵  he said to her, “Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter.”

Mark 9:10

9:10 They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.

Mark 11:8

11:8 Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

Mark 11:31-32

11:31 They discussed with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’ 11:32 But if we say, ‘From people – ’” (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

Mark 12:25

12:25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels ⁶  in heaven.

Mark 13:15

13:15 The one on the roof ⁷  must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house. ⁸ 

Mark 13:25

13:25 the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. ⁹ 

Mark 14:69

14:69 When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”

Mark 16:3

16:3 They had been asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

Mark 16:12

16:12 After this he appeared in a different form to two of them while they were on their way to the country.

[1:11]  ¹ tn Grk “my beloved Son,” or “my Son, the beloved [one].” The force of ἀγαπητός (agaphtos) is often “pertaining to one who is the only one of his or her class, but at the same time is particularly loved and cherished” (L&N 58.53; cf. also BDAG 7 s.v. 1).

[1:11]  ² tn Or “with you I am well pleased.”

[1:29]  ³ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[1:29]  ⁴ sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

[7:29]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[12:25]  ⁷ sn Angels do not die, nor do they eat according to Jewish tradition (1 En. 15:6; 51:4; Wis 5:5; 2 Bar. 51:10; 1QH 3.21-23).

[13:15]  ⁹ 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.

[13:15]  ¹⁰ 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.

[13:25]  ¹¹ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.