Mark 10:49

10:49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So ¹  they called the blind man and said to him, “Have courage! Get up! He is calling you.”

Mark 13:9

Persecution of Disciples

13:9 “You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over ²  to councils ³  and beaten in the synagogues. ⁴  You will stand before governors and kings ⁵  because of me, as a witness to them.

[10:49]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

[13:9]  ² tn Grk “They will hand you over.” “They” is an indefinite plural, referring to people in general. The parallel in Matt 10:17 makes this explicit.

[13:9]  ³ sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.

[13:9]  ⁴ sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

[13:9]  ⁵ sn These statements look at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of councils and synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to governors and kings suggests. Some fulfillment of Jewish persecution can be seen in Acts.