Mark 3:8

3:8 Jerusalem, ¹  Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, ²  and around Tyre ³  and Sidon ⁴  a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

Mark 5:14

5:14 Now ⁵  the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

Mark 14:16

14:16 So ⁶  the disciples left, went ⁷  into the city, and found things just as he had told them, ⁸  and they prepared the Passover.

[3:8]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:8]  ² tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity. The region referred to here is sometimes known as Transjordan (i.e., “across the Jordan”).

[3:8]  ³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:8]  ⁴ sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions.

[5:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate a transition to the response to the miraculous healing.

[14:16]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the flow within the narrative.

[14:16]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and came.”

[14:16]  ¹¹ sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.