Mark 5:20

5:20 So ¹  he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis ²  what Jesus had done for him, ³  and all were amazed.

Mark 6:7

Sending Out the Twelve Apostles

6:7 Jesus ⁴  called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits. ⁵ 

Mark 6:34

6:34 As Jesus ⁶  came ashore ⁷  he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So ⁸  he taught them many things.

Mark 10:47

10:47 When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout, ⁹  “Jesus, Son of David, ¹⁰  have mercy ¹¹  on me!”

[5:20]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate the conclusion of the episode in the narrative.

[5:20]  ² sn The Decapolis refers to a league of towns (originally consisting of ten; the Greek name literally means “ten towns”) whose region (except for Scythopolis) lay across the Jordan River.

[5:20]  ³ sn Note that the man could not separate what God had done from the one through whom God had done it (what Jesus had done for him). This man was called to witness to God’s goodness at home.

[6:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:7]  ⁵ sn The phrase unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.

[6:34]  ⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:34]  ⁸ tn Grk “came out [of the boat],” with the reference to the boat understood.

[6:34]  ⁹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate this action is the result of Jesus’ compassion on the crowd in the narrative.

[10:47]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “to shout and to say.” The infinitive λέγειν (legein) is redundant here and has not been translated.

[10:47]  ¹¹ sn Jesus was more than a Nazarene to this blind person, who saw quite well that Jesus was Son of David. There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

[10:47]  ¹² sn Have mercy on me is a request for healing. It is not owed the man. He simply asks for God’s kind grace.