Mark 8:33

8:33 But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.” ¹ 

Mark 10:42

10:42 Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

Mark 11:17

11:17 Then he began to teach ²  them and said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? ³  But you have turned it into a den ⁴  of robbers!” ⁵ 

Mark 12:15

12:15 But he saw through their hypocrisy and said ⁶  to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius ⁷  and let me look at it.”

Mark 12:34

12:34 When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Then no one dared any longer to question him.

Mark 13:14

The Abomination of Desolation

13:14 “But when you see the abomination of desolation ⁸  standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee ⁹  to the mountains.

Mark 16:6

16:6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. ¹⁰  He has been raised! ¹¹  He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

[8:33]  ¹ tn Grk “people’s.”

[11:17]  ² tn The imperfect ἐδίδασκεν (edidasken) is here taken ingressively.

[11:17]  ³ sn A quotation from Isa 56:7.

[11:17]  ⁴ tn Or “a hideout” (see L&N 1.57).

[11:17]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels. Not only were the religious leaders robbing the people financially, but because of this they had also robbed them spiritually by stealing from them the opportunity to come to know God genuinely. It is possible that these merchants had recently been moved to this location for convenience.

[12:15]  ³ tn Grk “Aware of their hypocrisy he said.”

[12:15]  ⁴ tn Here the specific name of the coin was retained in the translation, because not all coins in circulation in Palestine at the time carried the image of Caesar. In other places δηνάριον (dhnarion) has been translated simply as “silver coin” with an explanatory note.

[13:14]  ⁴ sn The reference to the abomination of desolation is an allusion to Dan 9:27. Though some have seen the fulfillment of Daniel’s prophecy in the actions of Antiochus IV (or a representative of his) in 167 b.c., the words of Jesus seem to indicate that Antiochus was not the final fulfillment, but that there was (from Jesus’ perspective) still another fulfillment yet to come. Some argue that this was realized in a.d. 70, while others claim that it refers specifically to Antichrist and will not be fully realized until the period of the great tribulation at the end of the age (cf. Mark 13:19, 24; Matt 24:21; Rev 3:10).

[13:14]  ⁵ sn Fleeing to the mountains is a key OT image: Gen 19:17; Judg 6:2; Isa 15:5; Jer 16:16; Zech 14:5.

[16:6]  ⁵ sn See the note on Crucify in 15:13.

[16:6]  ⁶ tn The verb here is passive (ἠγέρθη, hgerqh). This “divine passive” (see ExSyn 437-38) points to the fact that Jesus was raised by God.