Mark 1:38

1:38 He replied, ¹  “Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.” ² 

Mark 1:40

Cleansing a Leper

1:40 Now ³  a leper ⁴  came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If ⁵  you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.

Mark 4:17

4:17 But ⁶  they have no root in themselves and do not endure. ⁷  Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Mark 13:2

13:2 Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. ⁸  All will be torn down!” ⁹ 

Mark 14:62

14:62 “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ¹⁰  of the Power ¹¹  and coming with the clouds of heaven.” ¹² 

[1:38]  ¹ tn Grk “And he said to them.”

[1:38]  ² tn Grk “Because for this purpose I have come forth.”

[1:40]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[1:40]  ⁴ sn The ancient term for leprosy covers a wider array of conditions than what we call leprosy today. A leper was totally ostracized from society until he was declared cured (Lev 13:45-46).

[1:40]  ⁵ tn This is a third class condition. The report portrays the leper making no presumptions about whether Jesus will heal him or not.

[4:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[4:17]  ⁶ tn Grk “are temporary.”

[13:2]  ⁷ sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

[13:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”

[14:62]  ⁹ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.

[14:62]  ¹⁰ sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

[14:62]  ¹¹ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.