Discovery BoxMark 1:27
Context1:27 They were all amazed so that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”
Mark 5:13
Context5:13 Jesus 1 gave them permission. 2 So 3 the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.
Mark 12:36
Context12:36 David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said,
‘The Lord said to my lord, 4
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ 5
Mark 13:11
Context13:11 When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, 6 for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
[5:13] 1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[5:13] 2 sn Many have discussed why Jesus gave them permission, since the animals were destroyed. However, this is another example of a miracle that is a visual lesson. The demons are destructive: They were destroying the man. They destroyed the pigs. They destroy whatever they touch. The point was to take demonic influence seriously, as well as Jesus’ power over it as a picture of the larger battle for human souls. There would be no doubt how the man’s transformation had taken place.
[5:13] 3 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate a conclusion and transition in the narrative.
[12:36] 1 sn The Lord said to my Lord. With David being the speaker, this indicates his respect for his descendant (referred to as my Lord). Jesus was arguing, as the ancient exposition assumed, that the passage is about the Lord’s anointed. The passage looks at an enthronement of this figure and a declaration of honor for him as he takes his place at the side of God. In Jerusalem, the king’s palace was located to the right of the temple to indicate this kind of relationship. Jesus was pressing the language here to get his opponents to reflect on how great Messiah is.
