BHT with Abridged Translator’s NotesMark 8 =
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“There Were About Four Thousand Men”
1 About this time+ there gathered, once again, a large crowd, and since they didn’t have anything to eat, Jesus+ called the disciples over to himself and said to them, 2 “My heart goes out to this crowd,+ because they have already been here with me three days and don’t have anything to eat. 3 Yet if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will give out on the way; some of them have come from very far away.”
4 “Where in the world could anyone get enough bread to feed these people way out here in the wilderness?” his disciples asked him in response.
5 “How many loaves of bread,” he asked them, “do ᵖyou have?”
“Seven,” they replied.
6 So Jesus+ directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And when he had taken the seven small round+ loaves and had given thanks, he broke them and kept giving them to his disciples to serve to the crowd, and they did so.+ 7 They also had a few small cooked+ fish. When Jesus+ had given thanks for+ them, he told his disciples to serve to the people, too, these fish. 8 They ate as much as they wanted.+ Then the disciples+ received back from the people+ what was left of the broken pieces—seven large baskets full. 9 Now there were about four thousand men. Then Jesus+ dismissed the crowd.+ 10 And without delay he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.
“Why Does This Generation Demand a Sign?”
11 The Pharisees came and began arguing with Jesus,+ demanding from him a definitive sign from heaven,+ to test him. 12 With an intense groan+ from deep within,+ Jesus+ said, “Why does this generation demand a sign?+ Amen, I solemnly tell ᵖyou this: May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,+ if I give this generation a sign.” 13 Leaving them, he got into the boat again and went to the other side of the lake.
“Be on Your Guard against the Yeast of the Pharisees and Yeast of Herod!”
14 The disciples+ had forgotten to bring along any bread; they had with them in the boat only a single loaf. 15 “Watch out!” Jesus+ warned them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”
16 So the disciples+ began talking the matter over with one another, thinking he had said this because they didn’t have any bread.
17 Aware of what they were saying, Jesus+ said to them, “Why are ᵖyou talking about not having any bread? Do ᵖyou disciples still not understand or comprehend? Are ᵖyour hearts really so calloused?+ 18 Though ᵖyou have eyes, do you not see? And though you have ears, do you not hear?+ Surely ᵖyou remember, don’t you? 19 When I broke for the five thousand those five loaves,+ how many baskets full of leftover pieces did you receive back from the people?+”+
“Twelve,” they answered.
20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of leftover pieces did you receive back from the people?”
“Seven,” they replied.
21 “Do ᵖyou still not understand?” he asked them.
“Some People Brought a Blind Man to Jesus”
22 Then they came to Bethsaida, and some people+ brought a blind man to Jesus+ and begged him to touch the man.+ 23 Taking the blind man by the hand, Jesus+ led him outside of the village, and after spitting on the man’s+ eyes, he placed his hands on him and asked him, “Do you see anything at all?”
24 Having regained some sight,+ the man+ said, “I can see people, but they look like trees walking around.”+
25 Jesus+ placed his hands on the man’s+ eyes once again. The man+ opened his eyes wide;+ his sight was restored and he could clearly see everything! 26 Then Jesus+ sent him home, saying, “Don’t go back into the village.”
“Who Is It You Say I Am?”
27 Then Jesus set out with his disciples for the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he asked his disciples, “Exactly who do people say I am?”
28 “Some say John the Baptizer,” they replied, “but others, Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets.”
29 “And what about ᵖyou disciples? Who is it you say I am?” he asked them.
“You are the Messiah,” Peter answered.
30 Then Jesus+ gave them stern orders not to tell anyone about him. 31 He began teaching them that it was God’s will+ for the Son of Man to suffer many, many things;+ and to be “examined+ and rejected as worthless”+ by the elders and the chief priests and the Torah-experts; and to be killed;+ and then after three days,+ to rise to life. 32 He was speaking about the matter quite openly. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But as+ Jesus+ turned his back to Peter+ and looked at his other disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “For your mind is set not on the interests+ of God, but the interests of men!”
34 Then calling the crowd and his disciples over to himself, Jesus+ said to them, “If someone wants to be a disciple of mine,+ he must deny himself and take up his cross and continue coming along with me.+ 35 If someone is set on+ saving his life, you see, he will lose it. If someone is prepared to lose his life because+ of me and the gospel, however, he will save it. 36 Is it really worth it+ for a person to gain all the riches in the world and yet forfeit+ his life?+ 37 Indeed, what can a person give in return for his life?+ 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and these words of mine in this adulterous and sinful generation, you see, the Son of Man, likewise, will be ashamed of that person+ when he comes in the glory of his Father+ with the holy angels.+”
+1:1Cf Ac 1:22.+1:2Ml 3:1+1:3Lit the paths, or your paths. ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 3:3).+1:3Is 40:3+1:5Or confessing.+1:5Cf Ps 32:3.+1:8Or in.+1:9Lit In those days. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 56). Cf NIV, NCV.+1:10Lit he.+1:10Or the skies. So throughout this section.+1:11Or the skies. So throughout this section.+1:11Cf Gn 22:2, 16; Is 42:1.+1:12Lit him.+1:13Cf Ge 21:15-19; 1 Ki 19:5-8; Ps 78:23-25, 91:11; Lk 22:43; Heb 1:14.+1:14Cf Ps 40:9-10 (see LXX); Is 40:9, 52:7, 61:1 (see LXX); Rm 1:1.+1:15Cf Dn 2:21, 9:24-27; Ga 4:4; Eph 1:10.+1:15Cf Is 13:6-9; Dn 2:34-35, 44-45; Jl 1:15, 2:1, 2:11, 2:31, 3:14; Ob 15; Zp 1:7-9, 14-18; Ml 4:5; Mt 5:20-24; Lk 10:11-12, 21:31; Rm 13:12; 1 Pt 4:7.+1:15Cf ISV. It must be remembered here that Jesus is addressing a Jewish audience familiar with the OT and the promises of the covenants.+1:15Lit in the gospel. ME(OTB)/IT. In both the OT and NT, the “gospel” isn’t just a generic message, but relates specifically to the promises of the covenants. Cf Gn 12:1-3, 22:18, 26:4, 28:14; 2 Sm 7; 1 Ch 17; Ps 2, 40:9-10 (cf LXX), 89, 132; Is 40:9, 52:7, 61:1 (cf LXX); Ac 7:5, 13:23, 13:32, 26:6; Rm 1:1, 4:14-16; 2 Co 1:20; Ga 3:7-29 (see esp vs 8); Tit 1:2; Re 10:7. Cf πιστεύετε ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ ( pisteuete en euangeliō) here with ἐπίστευσαν ἐν τοῖς λόγοις αὐτοῦ ( episteusan en tois logois autou) at Ps 105:12 in the LXX (Ps 106:12 in the MT), and with the HCSB, NET, NIV, NLT, and TEV renderings of the MT there.+1:15Cf Is 40:27-31; Hab 2:3.+1:16Lit he.+1:16Lit and Andrew the brother of Simon.+1:17Lit Come after me. ME(H) (see note at Mt 4:19).+1:21Lit he.+1:22Lit they.+1:24Or Leave us alone! Lit What to us and to you? ME(I/F) (see NET Bible Notes, Mt 8:28). Cf CJB, ISV, NCV, NIV.+1:24Lit Did you come, or Have you come. Cf TEV.+1:25Lit to him.+1:26\ Or after.+1:26Lit him.+1:30Lit immediately. ME. Cf TEV.+1:32This was a Sabbath (cf Mk 1:21, 29). Healing was forbidden on the Sabbath (see, eg, Mt 12:2, Jn 9:16), and therefore the people had to wait until evening to bring the sick to Jesus.+1:32Lit to him.+1:34Lit he.+1:35Lit he.+1:38Lit he.+1:39Mark really seems to love this aspect of Jesus’ ministry!+1:40Lit to him.+1:40Lit he.+1:41Or Jesus was moved with compassion. Lit Being moved in the inward parts. ME(I/F) (see DBL Greek, #5072). An independent clause has been used in translation to allow for more natural expression of the idiom in English.+1:41Lit he.+1:42Lit him.+1:43Lit him.+1:43Lit he.+1:44Lit show yourself to the priest. ME(OTB) (see Lv 14:1-32). Following the lead of the UBSHS in translation here (see UBSHS [Mt], 224). Cf CJB, NLT, TEV.+1:44Lit the things. ME(OTB)/IT (see Lv 14:1-32). Cf NIV, TEV.+1:44Cf Lv 14:1-32.+1:44Or as proof, or as a witness, or as a testimony.+1:44Or to them.+1:45Lit he.+1:45Lit word.+1:45Lit he.+1:45Lit they.+2:1Lit he.+2:1Lit it was heard. ME. Cf CJB, NET, NLT, NCV, TEV.+2:2Lit He.+2:2Or the word.+2:3Lit they. Cf ISV, NET.+2:4Lit he.+2:7Lit why. The rhetorical impact intended by the question here is more effectively conveyed in English with something like “how dare.” Cf CJB, TEV; UBSHS (Mk), 78; translation and notes at Lk 5:21.+2:7Lit Who can forgive sins except God alone? ME. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+2:8Lit in his spirit. ME (see UBSHS [Jn], 212).+2:10Or know, or realize.+2:10Or on the earth. Cf Ps 2, 8; Dn 7:13-14.+2:12Lit he.+2:13Lit beside the lake. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+2:14Lit follow me. ME(H) (see note at Mt 4:19).+2:14Lit he.+2:14Lit he.+2:15Lit his.+2:15Lit For they were many and were following/accompanying him. ME. Cf CJB, NLT. For a discussion of the interpretive options here, see UBSHS (Mk), 86.+2:16Lit the scribes of the Pharisees. ME(H) (see NET Bible Notes, Mk 2:16).+2:17Lit came to call/invite, or have come to call/invite. See note at Mt 5:17. Cf TEV at Mk 1:24.+2:17Or to invite.+2:18Lit they. Cf ISV, NIV, TEV.+2:18Lit to him.+2:20Lit days. Here ἡμέραι ( hēmerai) is being used in its generic sense of “time” (see, eg, BDAG, 438, sv 4). Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, NIV.+2:20Lit at/on/in that day.+2:21Lit If not/otherwise. ME. Cf CJB, ESV, ISV, NIV, RSV.+2:22Lit If not/otherwise. ME. Cf CJB, ESV, ISV, NIV, RSV.+2:23Lit he.+2:23Lit to make a road. ME(I/F) (see UBSHS [Mk], 96). Cf NIV, TEV.+2:26Cf Lv 16:32; 1Sa 21:1-6; 2 Sa 8:17;1 Ch 24:6.+2:26Cf Ex 25:30; Lv 24:5-9; 1Sm 21:6.+2:26Lit which is forbidden for [one] to eat, except...+2:26Cf Lv 24:5-9.+2:27Lit man. ME. Cf CJB, NRSV, TEV.+3:1Lit he.+3:1Lit dried up. ME(I/F) (see L-N, 23.173).+3:2Lit they. Cf CJB, NCV, TEV.+3:2Lit him.+3:2Lit him.+3:2Lit in order to accuse him.+3:3Lit he.+3:4Lit Which is lawful? ME(H) (see note at Mt 12:10).+3:4Or to do evil?+3:5Lit the hardness/calloused state/insensitivity of their heart. ME(H/OTB). “People in the ancient Near East viewed the heart as the seat of emotions, the intellect, and the will” (see FSB, Ex 4:21; cf ANLEX, 215, sv καρδία 2; Ibid, 340, sv πώρωσις; FSB, Mk 3:5; Ex 4:21; for a good example of the close interrelationship between emotion, will, and understanding that is assumed in the Scriptures, see Proverbs 2). In modern Western culture, we tend to associate the heart with the emotions and perhaps even the will, but not so much with the mind, intellect, and understanding. (In fact, heart and mind are often viewed in contradistinction to one another.) Some translations try to compensate at this point by using “mind” in translation (see, eg, the NCV and TEV at Mk 6:52 and 8:17).+3:5Cf Ex 32:9-14; Dt 9:13-14.+3:5Lit he.+3:6Lit went out and began giving counsel against him. ME. Cf ISV, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, TEV.+3:9Lit they. Cf NIV, TEV.+3:12Lit him not to make known. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 110). Cf ISV, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+3:13Lit he.+3:13Or wanted. Cf Lk 6:13.+3:14Lit to be with him. ME. Cf ISV, NLT.+3:20Lit so that they.+3:20Lit were not able to eat bread. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+3:21Lit they were saying. The subject here has been interpreted as an impersonal plural (for a brief discussion of the interpretive options here, see UBSHS [Mk], 116). This is reflected in the translation.+3:21Lit he.+3:21Or For they were saying, “He’s lost his mind.” Cf Jn 6:41-70.+3:22Lit He has Beelzebul. Cf NET, NIV, NLT.+3:23Lit he.+3:26Or rebels, or rises up.+3:26Lit he is going to have his end, or he has his end, or he will certainly have his end. The meaning here is not the end of Satan’s existence, but the end of his power and kingdom (see UBSHS [Mk], 121).+3:27Or the strong man’s.+3:28Lit the sons of men. ME(I/F) (see UBSHS [Mk], 122). Cf CJB, HCSB, ISV, NET, TEV.+3:28Lit blasphemies.+4:1Lit he.+4:2Lit And he was saying to them in his teaching. ME. ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτο ( en tē didachē autou) here is active in meaning (ie, it is referring to “the act of teaching” and to “the thing taught”) ( UBSHS [Mk], 128). Cf CJB, ISV.+4:5Lit did not have much soil. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 403).+4:6Lit because it did not have root. ME. Cf NET.+4:9Lit He who has ears, let him hear. ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 11:15).+4:10Lit he.+4:11Cf Dn 2:17-47, 4:9; Rm 11:25, 16:25; 1 Co 4:1-2, 13:2, 14:2, 15:51; Eph 1:9, 3:3-9, 5:32, 6:19; Col 1:26-27, 2:2, 4:3; 1 Ti 3:9, 16; Re 1:20, 10:7, 17:5.+4:12Lit it. IT.+4:12Is 6:9, 10.+4:14Or word, or teaching. So throughout this section.+4:15Lit those who. Masculine inflections are used throughout the explanation of the parable, since people are meant. Throughout this section, “the seed” is used in translation for the sake of clarity and to aid information flow.+4:17Lit And they have no root in themselves. ME. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+4:17Or fall away. Cf Jb 2:9; Ps 118:22; Is 28:16; Mt 11:2; Rm 9:33; 1 Pe 2:6-8.+4:21Lit he.+4:22Lit For there is not anything hidden except that it may be disclosed. ME. Cf ISV.+4:22Lit nor has become concealed but that it may come out into the open. ME. Cf ISV.+4:22Cf Dt 29:29; Pr 25:2; Dn 2:21-22.+4:23Lit If someone has ears to hear, let him hear. ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 11:15).+4:24Lit See what you are hearing. ME (see BDAG, 179, sv βλέπω 4, 6).+4:24Lit By which measure you measure it will be measured to you, and it will be added to you. ME. Cf NLT. Following here the lead of the NLT, which, in my opinion, captures the meaning of this saying in this context very well. Cf Jsh 1:8; Ps 1:2, 19:14, 49:3, 119:18; Dn 1:17, 2:20-23, 7:15-16, 8:15-16, 9:20-23; Mt 13:11-2, 52; Rm 15:14; 1 Co 1:5.+4:25Lit He who has, it will be given/entrusted/granted to him. ME/IT (see translation and notes at Mt 13:12).+4:25Cf Dn 1:17, 2:20-23, 7:15-16, 8:15-16, 9:20-23; Mt 13:11-12, 13:52, 25:29; Eph 1:7-9, 16-18.+4:25Lit He who does not have, even what he has. ME/IT (see translation and notes Mt 13:12).+4:25Cf Ho 4:4-6, 6:7-10; Mic 3:9-12; Zp 3:4; Mal 2:7-9; Mt 21:33-46; Rm 11:7-15, 25.+4:27Lit and he is sleeping and getting up night and day. VPR (see VCC [Mk 4:27]). The meaning here is “‘sleep in the night and rise in the day’” (see UBSHS [Mk], 146).+4:29Lit the fruit.+4:29Lit As soon as the fruit permits. ME. Cf ESV, HCSB, NET, NIV, NLT, NRSV, TEV.+4:29Cf Jl 3:13; Ho 6:11; Mt 13:36-43; Re 14:15.+4:30Lit Or by/with what parable. ME. Cf CJB, HCSB, ISV, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, TEV.+4:30Lit put. ME (see BDAG, 1003, sv τίθημι 1.b.α.). Cf HCSB, ISV, NCV, NLT, TEV.+4:31Lit which.+4:32Lit the birds of the sky. ME(I/F) (see BDAG, 809, sv πετεινόν; NET Bible Notes, 13:32). Cf NCV, NET.+4:32Dn 4:12, Ezk 17:23+4:32Cf Is 2:2-4, 42:1-4, 49:5-6; Ac 10:9-15.+4:33Lit he.+4:33Or word, or teaching.+4:33Or to hear, or to understand.+4:35Lit said to them.+4:36Or took him along, just as he was, in the boat. Cf HCSB, TEV. Following the interpretation favored by the UBSHS (see UBSHS (Mk), 152; cf NET Bible Notes, Mk 4:36) in translation here.+4:36Lit were with. ME (see BDAG, 636, sv μετά 2.a.γ.א; UBSHS [Mk], 152).+4:37Lit and. The translation here is based on the context. Cf TEV.+4:37Lit and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that already the boat was being filled.+4:38Lit He.+4:38Lit sleeping on a cushion. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 154). Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+4:38Lit They.+4:39Lit he.+4:39Lit the lake, or the sea. ME. Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+4:39Cf Jb 38:8-11; Ps 104:5-9; Jr 5:22.+4:40Lit to them.+4:41Lit They.+4:41Lit and the lake, or and the sea. Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+4:41Cf Gn 1:9, 8:1-5; Jb 38:11; Ps 18:15, 89:9, 93:4, 102:5-7, 106:9, 107:29; Jr 5:22.+5:1Lit the region of the Gerasenes. ME(H)/IT (see NET Bible Notes, Mt 8:28, Mk 5:1).+5:2Lit He.+5:2See note at Mt 8:28. Cf NCV, TEV.+5:3Lit he.+5:3Lit had his dwelling. ME. Cf most English translations.+5:5Lit And through all night and day.+5:6Lit he.+5:7Or Leave me alone! Lit What to me and to you? ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 8:29).+5:7Or tormented, or tortured.+5:8Lit for. IT. Cf NCV, TEV.+5:8Or had repeatedly said, or was saying.+5:9Lit he.+5:10Lit with him.+5:12Lit They.+5:12Lit with him.+5:13Lit He.+5:13Lit in the lake/sea. Cf NLT.+5:14Lit they.+5:16Lit them.+5:17Lit with him.+5:18Lit he.+5:18Lit with him.+5:19Lit he.+5:19Cf Gn 12:1-3, 22:18, 26:4, 28:14; Ex 34:6; Is 42:6-9, 43:10-11, 49:6-7.+5:20Lit he.+5:20Lit in the Decapolis (“Ten Cities”). ME(H) (see note at Mt 4:25).+5:22Lit him.+5:23Lit has finally, or is at an extreme. ME (I/F) (see L-N, 23.151; UBSHS (Mk), 169). Cf most English translations.+5:23Or delivered, or saved.+5:24Lit he.+5:25Lit who had been in a flow of blood. ME(OTB) (see note at Mt 9:20). Cf Lv 15:25-30.+5:27Lit she.+5:28Or saved, or delivered.+5:29Lit And immediately her flow of blood dried up. ME. Cf ISV, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, NRSV, TEV.+5:30Or perceiving in himself.+5:31Lit and yet you ask. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 174). Cf NLT.+5:34Lit he.+5:35Lit they.+5:36Or overhearing.+5:36Lit the word/message being spoken. ME. Cf CJB, ISV, NCV, NIV, TEV.+5:36Or keep trusting, or keep believing.+5:37Lit He.+5:40Lit He.+5:41Or get up, or arise.+5:42Lit And they were in awe with great awe, or And they were astonished with great astonishment. Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, NET, NLT, NIV, TEV.+5:43Lit he.+6:1Lit He.+6:3Cf Ps 118:22; Is 8:14; 28:16; Mt 11:6; Lk 2:34; Rm 9:33; 1 Pe 2:6-8.+6:6Lit he.+6:6Lit And he was going around the villages in a circuit. ME. Cf NIV, NLT.+6:9Lit but having put on. Cf ISV, NLT.+6:9Lit two tunics, or two inner garments. ME. Cf CJB, HCSB, ISV, NIV, TEV.+6:10Lit there, or in that place. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+6:10Lit leave from there/that place. ME. Cf NET.+6:12Lit they.+6:14Lit the king. ME(H) (see note at Mt 14:1).+6:14Lit his.+6:14Lit They. Cf most translations.+6:17Lit had sent and arrested John. ME. Cf NCV, NIV, TEV.+6:18Lit It is not lawful. ME(H) (see note at Mt 12:10).+6:18Cf Lv 18:16, 20:21.+6:19Lit against him.+6:20Lit he.+6:20Lit to him.+6:20Or was at a loss, or was confused. ἀπορέω ( aporeō) in this context is most likely referring to worry and anxiety. (Note the statement that “he was afraid of John”; cf L-N, 32.9; UBSHS [Mk], 196.) Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, TEV.+6:22Lit the king. ME(H) (see note at Mt 14:1).+6:24Lit she.+6:24Lit She.+6:25Lit she.+6:27Lit his.+6:27Lit he.+6:29Lit his.+6:30Lit gathered to. IT. A return is implied here. CJB, ESV, LEB, NLT, RSV, TEV.+6:31Lit and they.+6:32Lit according to that which is private. ME (see note at Mk 4:10).+6:33Lit there, or to that place.+6:33Or on foot.+6:34Lit he.+6:34Or he was moved with compassion for them. Lit he was moved in the inward parts. ME(I/F) (see DBL Greek, #5072).+6:35Lit When it had already become much hour. ME (I/F) (see L-N, 67.77). Cf HCSB, ISV, NASB, NET.+6:35Lit and the hour is already much. ME (I/F) (see L-N, 67.77).+6:36Lit them.+6:37Lit Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them to eat? The question here is most likely rhetorical and exclamatory, not a request for permission (see UBSHS [Mk], 205). This interpretation is reflected in the translation. Cf NCV, NIV, NLT.+6:37Lit he.+6:37Lit two hundred denarii. ME(H) (see note at Mt 18:24).+6:39Lit He.+6:41ME(H)/IT. The “loaves” were not long like those in supermarkets today, but were small and round. (One person might normally eat three during a meal.) Five loaves might have been enough for two people (see L-N, 5.8; UBSHS [Mt]), 460.+6:41Or pickled. ME(H)/IT. The fish were not raw, but were cooked or pickled (see UBSHS [Mt], 460; UBSHS [Mk], 205).+6:41Lit he.+6:41Or heaven.+6:41Or and asked God’s blessing upon them, or and praised God. Lit blessed. ME (see BSL, Mt 14:19, sv εὐλογέω; UBSHS [Mt], 461; translation and notes at Mk 10:16).+6:41Lit to them.+6:42Lit And all ate and were satisfied. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 462). Cf CJB, NLT.+6:43Lit they.+6:43Lit took up, or removed, or carried. Following the lead of the UBSHS in translation here (see UBSHS [Mk], 210). In this context, “took up/removed” doesn’t mean “picked up off the ground,” but that the people put the leftovers in the baskets as the disciples went around with them, or possibly as people brought the leftovers back to the disciples, or both.+6:45Lit he.+6:46Lit to them. Cf TEV.+6:47Lit He.+6:48Lit around the fourth watch of the night. ME(H) (see note at Mt 14:25).+6:48Or pass by.+6:49Lit they.+6:50Lit he.+6:50Or I AM. See note at Mt 14:27. The same applies here. Cf Gn 1:1-10; Ex 3:14-15, 23:21; Jn 1:1-3, 17:6.+6:51Lit They.+6:53Lit came. Cf CJB, NLT, TEV.+6:53Lit at Gennesaret. ME(H)/IT (see NET Bible Notes, Mt 14:34).+6:54Lit they.+6:54Lit him.+6:55Lit where they heard he was. ME. Cf NET.+6:56Lit they.+6:56Lit the tassel. ME(OTB)/IT (see note at Mt 14:36). Cf Nu 15:37-41, Dt 22:12.+7:1Lit around him.+7:3ἐὰν μὴ πυγμῇ νίψωνται τὰς χεῖρας (ean mē pugmē nipsōntai tas xeiras) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this element (the clause has been rendered positively to allow for this).+7:3Lit with the fist, or in the proper way. For a discussion of similar practices in modern Orthodox Judaism, see Stern, JNTC, Mk 7:2.+7:3Lit the tradition of the elders. ME(H) (see note at Mt 15:2).+7:4Or washed themselves. Lit baptized. ME (see BDAG, 164, sv βαπτίζω 1; L-N, 53.31; UBSHS [Mk], 222). Cf HCSB, ISV, NCV, NET, NIV, TEV.+7:4Lit many other things. ME. Cf ESV, HCSB, ISV, NIV, NLT, NRSV, RSV.+7:4Lit received to hold/observe/adhere. Cf HCSB, LEB.+7:4Lit the baptism. ME. Cf NLT.+7:4Or dining couches. Some manuscripts omit “couches reclined on at meals/dining couches.” For further discussion, see NET Bible Notes, Mk 7:4.+7:5Lit ...not walk according to the tradition of the elders? ME(H) (see note at Mt 15:2).+7:5Lit their bread. ME. Cf NCV, NIV.+7:6Lit he.+7:7Is 29:13+7:9Lit You splendidly/well reject. ME. Cf CJB, NET, NCV, NLT, TEV.+7:9Cf Rm 10:3.+7:10Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16+7:10Ex 21:17; Lv 20:9+7:11Lit that is, a gift. ME(H)/IT (see L-N, 53.22; NAC [Mk], 116, NAC [Mt], 238; NET Bible Notes, Mk 7:11; UBSHS [Mk], 228). Cf HCSB, NCV, NIV, NLT.+7:15Some manuscripts have verse 16: “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear” (ESV).+7:17Lit he.+7:18Lit In the same way. ME (see BDAG, 742, sv οὕτω 1.b.).+7:18“Disciples” is drawn from the plural “you” here.+7:21Or evil thoughts, or evil ideas, or evil designs, or evil reasonings. Cf LEB.+7:22Lit an evil eye. ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 6:23).+7:22Or slander.+7:24Lit he.+7:26Or a Gentile, or a Greek.+7:26Lit a Syrophoenician by race/nation/people. ME. Cf NET, NRSV.+7:26Lit him.+7:27Cf Rm 1:16.+7:29Lit word. Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, TEV.+7:29Lit he.+7:30Lit she.+7:31Lit he.+7:31Lit through the region of the Decapolis (“Ten Cities”). ME(H) (see FSB, Mt 4:25; HNTC, 46; Robertson, Word Pictures, Mt 4:25; TCBC, 399).+7:32Lit They.+7:32Lit on him.+7:33Lit he.+7:33Lit him.+7:33Lit away from the crowd according to that which is private. ME. Cf ESV, NIV, NET, NRSV, RSV, TEV.+7:33Lit his.+7:34Or to heaven.+7:34Lit he.+7:34Or sighed.+7:34Lit to him.+7:35Lit his.+7:35Lit the chain of his tongue was loosed. ME(I/F). Cf CJB, ISV, NLT.+7:36Lit He.+7:36Lit them. Cf CJB, ISV, NCV, NLT, TEV.+7:36Lit they were proclaiming [it] even more. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+8:1Lit In those days. ME (see note at Mk 1:9). Cf CJB, NLT, TEV.+8:1Lit he.+8:2Or I am moved with compassion for. Lit I am moved in the inward parts. ME(I/F) (see DBL Greek, #5072).+8:6Lit he.+8:6IT (see note at Mt 15:36).+8:6Lit to serve, and they served it to the crowd. Cf NCV, NIV, TEV.+8:7Or pickled. ME(H)/IT (see note at Mt 15:36).+8:7Lit he.+8:7Or had asked God’s blessing upon. Lit had blessed. ME (see note at Mt 14:19).+8:8Lit And they ate and were satisfied. ME (see translation and notes at Mt 14:20).+8:8Lit they.+8:8Lit took up, or removed, or carried. Following the lead of the UBSHS in translation here (see UBSHS [Mk], 210). In this context, “took up/removed” doesn’t mean “picked up off the ground,” but that the people put the leftovers in the baskets as the disciples went around with them, or possibly as people brought the leftovers back to the disciples, or both.+8:9Lit he.+8:9Lit them.+8:11Lit with him.+8:11Or from the sky. Cf Ex 4:1–9, 7:8–13, 10:21-23; 1 Ki 18:38; 2 Ki 1:9-16; Ps 19:1-5; Is 13:10, 34:4; Jl 2:10, 30-31; Hab 3:11; Mt 24:29; Mk 8:11-12; Lk 21:11; Re 6:12-13, 8:12.+8:12Or sigh.+8:12Lit And groaning/having groaned (or sighed) deeply/intensely in his spirit. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 251).+8:12Lit he.+8:12Cf Dt 6:16; Is 7:12, 13:10, 34:4; Jl 2:10, 30-31; Am 5:18; Hab 3:11; Mal 3:15; Mt 15:1-4, 24:29; Lk 21:11; Ac 5:9; Re 6:12-13, 8:12.+8:12ME (OTB)/IT (see BDAG, 278, sv εἰ 4; JFB, Mk 8:12; Robertson, Word Pictures, Mk 8:12; UBSHS [Mk], 251; Wuest, Word Studies, Mk 8:10). This is an example of aposiopesis (see Robertson, Grammar, 1024). Following the NIV’s rendering of self-imprecatory statements in the Old Testament in the rendering of the IT here. See, eg, 2 Sm 3:9, 3:35, 19:13; 1 Ki 2:23; Ru 1:19.+8:14Lit They.+8:15Lit he.+8:16Lit they.+8:17Lit he.+8:17Lit Do you have your heart hardened? See note at Mk 3:5.+8:18Cf Is 42:18-19, 43:8; Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2; Mt 13:13.+8:19Cf Mk 6:30-44.+8:19Lit …did you take up? or …did you remove? or …did you carry? See note at Mk 6:43. The same applies here and in v 20.+8:19Cf 1 Ki 17:11-16.+8:22Lit they. This is an indefinite plural. Cf ISV, NCV, NIV, NLT.+8:22Lit to him.+8:22Lit him.+8:23Lit he.+8:23Lit his.+8:24Or after looking up/around. The context makes it clear that the man hasn’t fully regained his sight yet.+8:24Lit he.+8:24Lit I see men, for I see [them] walking around like trees. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 258). Cf HCSB, ISV, LEB, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, TEV.+8:25Lit He.+8:25Lit his.+8:25Lit he.+8:25Or looked intently, or stared with eyes open wide.+8:26Lit he.+8:30Lit he.+8:31See note at Mt 16:21. The same applies here.+8:31Cf Ps 22; Is 53.+8:31See note at Mt 21:42. The same applies here.+8:31Ps 118:22+8:31Cf Ex 12:1-28; Lv 23:4-8; Dt 16:1-8; Jn 19:36; 1 Co 5:7.+8:31Cf Lv 23:9-14; 1 Co 15:4, 20.+8:33Or after.+8:33Lit he.+8:33Lit turning around. Cf the CJB at Mt 16:23. The fact that Jesus is turning toward the other disciples from a location off to the side indicates that hevis turning his back on Peter here. The words “get behind me,” therefore, are coupled with a powerful visual demonstration.+8:33Lit things. See note at Mt 16:23. The same applies here.+8:34Lit he.+8:34Lit follow after me. ME(H) (see notes at Mt 4:19, 10:38, and 16:24). Cf HCSB, NET, NLT.+8:34Cf Jn 6:66.+8:35Or wants, or intends, or purposes.+8:35Or for.+8:36Lit What benefit/profit/advantage/value/worth is it...? See note at Mt 16:26. The same applies here.+8:36Or suffer the loss of.+8:36Cf 1 Ti 6:8-10, 17-19.+8:37Cf Ps 49:7-9.+8:38Lit of him.+8:38Cf Is 40:5; Ek 1:26-28, 3:12-13, 3:23; Dn 7:13-14.+8:38Cf Mt 13:41.
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