Mark 12:38

Warnings About Experts in the Law

12:38 In his teaching Jesus ¹  also said, “Watch out for the experts in the law. ²  They like walking ³  around in long robes and elaborate greetings ⁴  in the marketplaces,

Mark 16:5

16:5 Then ⁵  as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe ⁶  sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

[12:38]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:38]  ² tn Or “for the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[12:38]  ³ tn In Greek this is the only infinitive in vv. 38-39. It would be awkward in English to join an infinitive to the following noun clauses, so this has been translated as a gerund.

[12:38]  ⁴ sn There is later Jewish material in the Talmud that spells out such greetings in detail. See H. Windisch, TDNT 1:498.

[16:5]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[16:5]  ⁶ sn Mark does not explicitly identify the young man dressed in a white robe as an angel (though the white robe suggests this), but Matthew does (Matt 28:2).