Mark 9:21

9:21 Jesus ¹  asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.

Mark 2:19

2:19 Jesus ²  said to them, “The wedding guests ³  cannot fast while the bridegroom ⁴  is with them, can they? ⁵  As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast.

[9:21]  ¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:19]  ² tn Grk “And Jesus.”

[2:19]  ³ tn Grk “sons of the wedding hall,” an idiom referring to wedding guests, or more specifically, friends of the bridegroom present at the wedding celebration (L&N 11.7).

[2:19]  ⁴ sn The expression while the bridegroom is with them is an allusion to messianic times (John 3:29; Isa 54:5-6; 62:4-5; 4 Ezra 2:15, 38).

[2:19]  ⁵ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “can they?”).