Mark 8:10-13

8:10 Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha. ¹ 

The Demand for a Sign

8:11 Then the Pharisees ²  came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for ³  a sign from heaven ⁴  to test him. 8:12 Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, “Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, ⁵  no sign will be given to this generation.” 8:13 Then ⁶  he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

[8:10]  ¹ sn The exact location of Dalmanutha is uncertain, but it is somewhere close to the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.

[8:11]  ² sn See the note on Pharisees in 2:16.

[8:11]  ³ tn Grk “seeking from him.” The participle ζητοῦντες (zhtountes) shows the means by which the Pharisees argued with Jesus.

[8:11]  ⁴ sn What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to commit to him.

[8:12]  ³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[8:13]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.