Mark 6:34

6:34 As Jesus ¹  came ashore ²  he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So ³  he taught them many things.

Mark 4:1

The Parable of the Sower

4:1 Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while ⁴  the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.

Mark 8:31

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

8:31 Then ⁵  Jesus ⁶  began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer ⁷  many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ⁸  and be killed, and after three days rise again.

[6:34]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:34]  ² tn Grk “came out [of the boat],” with the reference to the boat understood.

[6:34]  ³ 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.

[4:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “and all the crowd.” The clause in this phrase, although coordinate in terms of grammar, is logically subordinate to the previous clause.

[8:31]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:31]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:31]  ⁹ sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis, since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

[8:31]  ¹⁰ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.