Mark 1:43

1:43 Immediately Jesus ¹  sent the man ²  away with a very strong warning.

Mark 4:9

4:9 And he said, “Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!” ³ 

Mark 7:20

7:20 He said, “What comes out of a person defiles him.

Mark 8:21

8:21 Then ⁴  he said to them, “Do you still not understand?” ⁵ 

Mark 8:30

8:30 Then ⁶  he warned them not to tell anyone about him. ⁷ 

Mark 12:26

12:26 Now as for the dead being raised, ⁸  have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, ⁹  how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the ¹⁰  God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? ¹¹ 

[1:43]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:43]  ² tn Grk “him”; the referent (the man who was healed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:9]  ³ tn The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15; 13:9, 43; Mark 4:23; Luke 8:8, 14:35).

[8:21]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to indicate the implied sequence in the narrative.

[8:21]  ⁶ sn Do you still not understand? The disciples in Mark’s Gospel often misunderstood the miracles of Jesus as well as his teaching. Between Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Mark paints the most revealing portrait of the shortcomings of the Twelve (cf. 6:51-52; 7:17-19; 8:1-10, 14-21, 27-30, 33; 9:5, 10, 33; 10:28, 35-45; 14:19, 29-31, 32-37, 50, 66-72).

[8:30]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to indicate the conclusion of the episode.

[8:30]  ⁸ sn Mark 8:27-10:52. The entire section 8:27-10:52 is built around three passion predictions of Jesus (8:31; 9:31; 10:33). These predictions form the structure of the section, the content for the section (Jesus’ suffering, death, and the meaning of genuine discipleship) and the mood of the section (i.e., a somber mood). What is interesting is that after each passion prediction, Mark records both the misunderstanding of the disciples and then Jesus’ teaching on the nature of his death and what genuine discipleship is all about: (1) denying oneself (8:34-38); (2) humility and serving (9:33-37); (3) suffering, humble service, and not lording it over people (10:35-45). For further discussion of the structure of the passage, see W. L. Lane, Mark (NICNT), 292-94.

[12:26]  ⁹ tn Grk “Now as for the dead that they are raised.”

[12:26]  ¹⁰ sn See Exod 3:6. Jesus used a common form of rabbinic citation here to refer to the passage in question.

[12:26]  ¹¹ tn Grk “and the,” 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.

[12:26]  ¹² sn A quotation from Exod 3:6.