Mark 1:4

1:4 In the wilderness ¹  John the baptizer ²  began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ³ 

Mark 1:29

Healings at Simon’s House

1:29 Now ⁴  as soon as they left the synagogue, ⁵  they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.

Mark 6:18

6:18 For John had repeatedly told ⁶  Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” ⁷ 

Mark 11:32

11:32 But if we say, ‘From people – ’” (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

Mark 14:33

14:33 He took Peter, James, ⁸  and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

[1:4]  ¹ tn Or “desert.”

[1:4]  ² tn While Matthew and Luke consistently use the noun βαπτίστης (baptisths, “[the] Baptist”) to refer to John, as a kind of a title, Mark prefers the substantival participle ὁ βαπτίζων (Jo baptizwn, “the one who baptizes, the baptizer”) to describe him (only twice does he use the noun [Mark 6:25; 8:28]).

[1:4]  ³ sn A baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins was a call for preparation for the arrival of the Lord’s salvation. To participate in this baptism was a recognition of the need for God’s forgiveness with a sense that one needed to live differently as a response to it.

[1:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[1:29]  ⁵ sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

[6:18]  ⁷ tn The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.

[6:18]  ⁸ sn It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife. This was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.

[14:33]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and James,” 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.