Mark 14:23
Context14:23 And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
Mark 7:4
Context7:4 And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches. 1 ) 2
Mark 9:41
Context9:41 For I tell you the truth, 3 whoever gives you a cup of water because 4 you bear Christ’s 5 name will never lose his reward.
Mark 14:36
Context14:36 He said, “Abba, 6 Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup 7 away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Mark 10:38-39
Context10:38 But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?” 8 10:39 They said to him, “We are able.” 9 Then Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,


[7:4] 1 tc Several important witnesses (Ì45vid א B L Δ 28* pc) lack “and dining couches” (καὶ κλινῶν, kai klinwn), while the majority of
[7:4] 2 sn Verses 3-4 represent parenthetical remarks by the author, giving background information.
[9:41] 1 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
[9:41] 2 tn Grk “in [the] name that of Christ you are.”
[9:41] 3 tn Or “bear the Messiah’s”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
[14:36] 1 tn The word means “Father” in Aramaic.
[14:36] 2 sn This cup alludes to the wrath of God that Jesus would experience (in the form of suffering and death) for us. See Ps 11:6; 75:8-9; Isa 51:17, 19, 22 for this figure.
[10:38] 1 tn Grk “baptism I am baptized with.” This same change has been made in v. 39.
[10:39] 1 sn No more naïve words have ever been spoken as those found here coming from James and John, “We are able.” They said it with such confidence and ease, yet they had little clue as to what they were affirming. In the next sentence Jesus confirms that they will indeed suffer for his name.