Mark 12:39

12:39 and the best seats in the synagogues ¹  and the places of honor at banquets.

Mark 6:21

6:21 But ²  a suitable day ³  came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

[12:39]  ¹ sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

[6:21]  ² tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[6:21]  ³ tn Grk “a day of opportunity”; cf. BDAG 407 s.v. εὔκαιρος, “in our lit. only pert. to time than is considered a favorable occasion for some event or circumstance, well-timed, suitable.”