Mark 13:21

13:21 Then ¹  if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ ²  or ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe him.

Mark 15:35

15:35 When some of the bystanders heard it they said, “Listen, he is calling for Elijah!” ³ 

Mark 2:24

2:24 So ⁴  the Pharisees ⁵  said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

Mark 11:21

11:21 Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered.”

Mark 15:4

15:4 So Pilate asked him again, ⁶  “Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”

Mark 3:34

3:34 And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here ⁷  are my mother and my brothers!

Mark 13:1

The Destruction of the Temple

13:1 Now ⁸  as Jesus ⁹  was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!” ¹⁰ 

Mark 16:6

16:6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. ¹¹  He has been raised! ¹²  He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

[13:21]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[13:21]  ² tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[15:35]  ³ sn Perhaps the crowd thought Jesus was calling for Elijah because the exclamation “my God, my God” (i.e., in Aramaic, Eloi, Eloi) sounds like the name Elijah.

[2:24]  ⁵ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

[2:24]  ⁶ sn See the note on Pharisees in 2:16.

[15:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “Pilate asked him again, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

[3:34]  ⁹ tn Grk “Behold my mother and my brothers.”

[13:1]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[13:1]  ¹² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:1]  ¹³ sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.

[16:6]  ¹³ sn See the note on Crucify in 15:13.

[16:6]  ¹⁴ tn The verb here is passive (ἠγέρθη, hgerqh). This “divine passive” (see ExSyn 437-38) points to the fact that Jesus was raised by God.