Mark 9:6

9:6 (For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.) ¹ 

Mark 6:50

6:50 for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them: ²  “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

Mark 4:41

4:41 They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another, “Who then is this? ³  Even the wind and sea obey him!” ⁴ 

Mark 1:27

1:27 They were all amazed so that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”

Mark 16:6

16:6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. ⁵  He has been raised! ⁶  He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

[9:6]  ¹ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[6:50]  ² tn Grk “he spoke with them, and said to them.”

[4:41]  ³ sn Jesus’ authority over creation raised a question for the disciples about who he was exactly (Who then is this?). This verse shows that the disciples followed Jesus even though they did not know all about him yet.

[4:41]  ⁴ sn This section in Mark (4:35-5:43) contains four miracles: (1) the calming of the storm; (2) the exorcism of the demon-possessed man; (3) the giving of life to Jairus’ daughter; (4) the healing of the woman hemorrhaging for twelve years. All these miracles demonstrate Jesus’ right to proclaim the kingdom message and his sovereign authority over forces, directly or indirectly, hostile to the kingdom. The last three may have been brought together to show that Jesus had power over all defilement, since contact with graves, blood, or a corpse was regarded under Jewish law as causing a state of ritual uncleanness.

[16:6]  ⁴ sn See the note on Crucify in 15:13.

[16:6]  ⁵ 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.