Mark 8:27

Peter’s Confession

8:27 Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. ¹  On the way he asked his disciples, ²  “Who do people say that I am?”

Mark 9:1

9:1 And he said to them, “I tell you the truth, ³  there are some standing here who will not ⁴  experience ⁵  death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.” ⁶ 

Mark 12:36

12:36 David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said,

‘The Lord said to my lord, ⁷ 

“Sit at my right hand,

until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ ⁸ 

Mark 12:43

12:43 He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth, ⁹  this poor widow has put more into the offering box ¹⁰  than all the others. ¹¹ 

[8:27]  ¹ map Fpr location see Map1 C1; Map2 F4.

[8:27]  ² tn Grk “he asked his disciples, saying to them.” The phrase λέγων αὐτοῖς (legwn autois) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[9:1]  ³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[9:1]  ⁴ tn The Greek negative here (οὐ μή, ou mh) is the strongest possible.

[9:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “will not taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).

[9:1]  ⁶ sn Several suggestions have been made as to the referent for the phrase the kingdom of God come with power: (1) the transfiguration itself, which immediately follows in the narrative; (2) Jesus’ resurrection and ascension; (3) the coming of the Spirit; (4) Jesus’ second coming and the establishment of the kingdom. The reference to after six days in 9:2 seems to indicate that Mark had the transfiguration in mind insofar as it was a substantial prefiguring of the consummation of the kingdom (although this interpretation is not without its problems). As such, the transfiguration was a tremendous confirmation to the disciples that even though Jesus had just finished speaking of his death (8:31; 9:31; 10:33), he was nonetheless the promised Messiah and things were proceeding according to God’s plan.

[12:36]  ⁵ sn The Lord said to my Lord. With David being the speaker, this indicates his respect for his descendant (referred to as my Lord). Jesus was arguing, as the ancient exposition assumed, that the passage is about the Lord’s anointed. The passage looks at an enthronement of this figure and a declaration of honor for him as he takes his place at the side of God. In Jerusalem, the king’s palace was located to the right of the temple to indicate this kind of relationship. Jesus was pressing the language here to get his opponents to reflect on how great Messiah is.

[12:36]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Ps 110:1.

[12:43]  ⁷ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[12:43]  ⁸ tn See the note on the term “offering box” in v. 41.

[12:43]  ⁹ sn Has put more into the offering box than all the others. With God, giving is weighed evaluatively, not counted. The widow was praised because she gave sincerely and at some considerable cost to herself.