Mark 10:44

10:44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave ¹  of all.

Mark 12:4

12:4 So ²  he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

Mark 12:2

12:2 At harvest time he sent a slave ³  to the tenants to collect from them ⁴  his portion of the crop. ⁵ 

Mark 14:47

14:47 One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest’s slave, ⁶  cutting off his ear.

Mark 13:34

13:34 It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves ⁷  in charge, assigning ⁸  to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

[10:44]  ¹ tn Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times…in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v. 1). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.

[12:4]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the tenants’ mistreatment of the first slave.

[12:2]  ³ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 10:44.

[12:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “from the tenants,” but this is redundant in English, so the pronoun (“them”) was used in the translation.

[12:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “from the fruits of the vineyard.”

[14:47]  ⁴ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 10:44.

[13:34]  ⁵ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 10:44.

[13:34]  ⁶ tn Grk “giving.”