Mark 12:10

12:10 Have you not read this scripture:

‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ¹ 

Mark 8:31

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

8:31 Then ²  Jesus ³  began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer ⁴  many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ⁵  and be killed, and after three days rise again.

[12:10]  ¹ tn Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20-22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kefalh gwnia") refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone.

[8:31]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:31]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:31]  ⁴ sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis, since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

[8:31]  ⁵ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.