Mark 3:22

3:22 The experts in the law ¹  who came down from Jerusalem ²  said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” ³  and, “By the ruler ⁴  of demons he casts out demons.”

Mark 8:28

8:28 They said, ⁵  “John the Baptist, others say Elijah, ⁶  and still others, one of the prophets.”

Mark 9:41

9:41 For I tell you the truth, ⁷  whoever gives you a cup of water because ⁸  you bear Christ’s ⁹  name will never lose his reward.

Mark 14:27

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

14:27 Then ¹⁰  Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written,

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’ ¹¹ 

Mark 14:58

14:58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’”

[3:22]  ¹ tn Or “The scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[3:22]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:22]  ³ tn Grk “He has Beelzebul.”

[3:22]  ⁴ tn Or “prince.”

[8:28]  ⁵ tn Grk “And they said to him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[8:28]  ⁶ sn The appearance of Elijah would mean that the end time had come. According to 2 Kgs 2:11, Elijah was still alive. In Mal 4:5 it is said that Elijah would be the precursor of Messiah.

[9:41]  ⁹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[9:41]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “in [the] name that of Christ you are.”

[9:41]  ¹¹ tn Or “bear the Messiah’s”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[14:27]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:27]  ¹⁴ sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.