Mark 3:27

3:27 But no one is able to enter a strong man’s ¹  house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house. ² 

Mark 5:23

5:23 He asked him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”

Mark 5:35

5:35 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s ³  house saying, “Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?”

Mark 7:10

7:10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ ⁴  and, ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ ⁵ 

Mark 10:37

10:37 They said to him, “Permit one of us to sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.”

Mark 10:48

10:48 Many scolded ⁶  him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Mark 12:9

12:9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy ⁷  those tenants and give the vineyard to others. ⁸ 

Mark 12:36

12:36 David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said,

‘The Lord said to my lord, ⁹ 

“Sit at my right hand,

until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ ¹⁰ 

[3:27]  ¹ sn The strong man here pictures Satan.

[3:27]  ² sn Some see the imagery here as similar to Eph 4:7-10, although no opponents are explicitly named in that passage. Jesus has the victory over Satan. Jesus’ acts of healing mean that the war is being won and the kingdom is coming.

[5:35]  ³ sn See the note on synagogue rulers in 5:22.

[7:10]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16.

[7:10]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Exod 21:17; Lev 20:9.

[10:48]  ⁷ tn Or “rebuked.” The crowd’s view was that surely Jesus would not be bothered with someone as unimportant as a blind beggar.

[12:9]  ⁹ sn The statement that the owner will come and destroy those tenants is a promise of judgment; see Luke 13:34-35; 19:41-44.

[12:9]  ¹⁰ sn The warning that the owner would give the vineyard to others suggests that the care of the promise and the nation’s hope would be passed to others. This eventually looks to Gentile inclusion; see Eph 2:11-22.

[12:36]  ¹¹ sn The Lord said to my Lord. With David being the speaker, this indicates his respect for his descendant (referred to as my Lord). Jesus was arguing, as the ancient exposition assumed, that the passage is about the Lord’s anointed. The passage looks at an enthronement of this figure and a declaration of honor for him as he takes his place at the side of God. In Jerusalem, the king’s palace was located to the right of the temple to indicate this kind of relationship. Jesus was pressing the language here to get his opponents to reflect on how great Messiah is.

[12:36]  ¹² sn A quotation from Ps 110:1.