Mark 7:5

7:5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat ¹  with unwashed hands?”

Mark 8:31

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

8:31 Then ²  Jesus ³  began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer ⁴  many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ⁵  and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Mark 14:43

Betrayal and Arrest

14:43 Right away, while Jesus ⁶  was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. ⁷  With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law ⁸  and elders.

[7:5]  ¹ tn Grk “eat bread.”

[8:31]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[8:31]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:31]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[14:43]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:43]  ⁴ tn Or “approached.” This is a different verb than the one translated “arrived” in Matt 26:47 and below in v. 45, although in this context the meanings probably overlap.

[14:43]  ⁵ tn Or “from the chief priests, scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.