Mark 9 (BHT-ATN)

1 Then he said to them, “Amen, I solemnly tell ᵖyou this: There are some standing right here who will certainly not experience death while+ they have a glimpse+ of the Kingdom of God having come in power.”+

“His Appearance Was Transformed in Front of Them”

2 So after six days Jesus took along Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain just the four of them.+ His appearance was transformed in front of them, 3 and his garments became radiant and intensely white, so white that+ no cloth refiner on the earth could whiten them like this. 4 Then Elijah appeared before them, together with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 In response Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, how wonderful it is for us to be right here! Let us set up three tabernacles+—one for you yourself, one, too,+ for Moses, and one, too, for Elijah.” 6 (He didn’t know what to say, so terrified as they were.)

7 Then a cloud appeared,+ overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my dearly loved Son. Pay close attention to him and obey what he says.+” 8 Suddenly, as they looked around, they didn’t see anyone with them except Jesus all by himself.

9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus+ gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about the things they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 Of that statement the three disciples+ grabbed hold,+ arguing with one another about what “rising from the dead” meant. 11 Then they asked Jesus+ a question: “Why do the experts in the Torah say that Elijah must come first?”+

12 “Elijah certainly will come first and ‘turn back’+ all things,+” he said to them. “Yet why is it written about the Son of Man that he must suffer many things and be despised?+ 13 But I tell ᵖyou this: Elijah in a sense has indeed come,+ but they treated him shamefully,+ just as it is written about him.”

“I Order You to Come Out of Him and Never Enter Him Again”

14 When Jesus and the three disciples+ rejoined the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and some Torah-experts arguing with them. 15 All the people in the crowd, as soon as they saw Jesus,+ were overcome with excitement, and they ran up to him and greeted him. 16 Jesus+ asked them, “What are ᵖyou arguing with them about?”

17 “Teacher,” a man from the crowd answered, “I brought my son to ˢyou, because he has a spirit that won’t let him talk. 18 Whenever it attacks him, it throws him to the ground in convulsions, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to drive the spirit+ out, but they were unable to.”

19 “You faithless generation!” Jesus+ said to them in response. “Exactly how much longer must I be with ᵖyou? How long do I have to put up with ᵖyou? Bring the boy+ to me.”

20 So they brought the boy+ to him. When the spirit saw Jesus,+ it immediately threw the boy+ into convulsions. He fell to the ground and kept rolling around, foaming at the mouth.

21 “How long has this been happening to him?” Jesus asked the boy’s+ father.

“Since he was very young,”+ the father+ replied.22 “The spirit+ has thrown+ him, many times, into the fire or under+ some water, intending to kill him. Now please, if you are able to do something, have compassion on us and help us.”

23 “ ‘If you are able’?” said Jesus. “Indeed all things are possible for the one who has faith.”

24 “I do have faith!” the boy’s father immediately cried out. “Help my lack of faith!”

25 When Jesus noticed that a crowd was quickly gathering, he issued a stern command to the unclean spirit. “You spirit that won’t let this boy talk or hear,”+ he said, “I order ˢyou to come out of him and never enter him again.” 26 And as the spirit+ screamed and threw the boy+ into violent convulsions, it came out. The boy+ became so corpse-like that most were saying he was dead. 27 Jesus, however, taking the boy+ by the hand, helped him to his feet, and he stood up!

28 After Jesus+ went into the house, his disciples began asking him when there was no one else around,+ “Why were we ourselves unable to drive out the unclean spirit+?”

29 “This kind,” Jesus+ replied, “can come out only by prayer.”+

“The Son of Man Is Going to Be Betrayed into the Hands of Men”

30 From that place they set out and began making their way through Galilee. Jesus+ didn’t want anyone to know where he was, though, 31 because he was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill him. But although+ he is killed, after three days he will rise to life.” 32 But the disciples+ didn’t understand what he meant,+ and they were afraid to ask him about it.

“If Someone Desires to Be First, He Must Be Last of All and a Servant of All”

33 They arrived at Capernaum, and after he was in the house, Jesus+ asked the disciples,+ “What was it ᵖyou were arguing about as we were traveling+?” 34 But they kept quiet, because with one another they had argued while traveling about who would be the greatest. 35 After he sat down, Jesus+ called the Twelve over to himself and said to them, “If someone desires to be first, he must be last of all and a servant of all.” 36 Then Jesus+ took a child by the hand and had him stand where they could all see him. Putting his arms around the child,+ Jesus said to them, 37 “If someone welcomes one lowly person, like these children, because he bears my name,+ it is me whom he is actually welcoming. And if someone welcomes me, he is actually welcoming not me, but the one who sent me.”

38 “Teacher,” John said to him, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him since he wasn’t traveling about with us as your disciple.+”

39 “Don’t stop him,” said Jesus, “because no one who does a miracle in my name will soon dare to say something evil about me. 40 For anyone who is not against us is for us. 41 Indeed, if someone gives ᵖyou a cup of water to drink because you bear my name,+ because you belong to the Messiah, amen, I solemnly tell ᵖyou this: He will certainly not lose his reward. 42 But if someone causes one of these humble folk+ who are putting their faith in me to stumble in sin,+ it would be truly better for him if a heavy millstone were tied around his neck and he were thrown into the sea! 43 So if ˢyour hand is causing you to stumble in sin, cut it off! It would be truly better for ˢyou to enter into life maimed than to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire, with both hands.+ 45 Or suppose it is ˢyour foot that is causing you to stumble in sin—cut it off! It is truly better for you to enter into life lame than to be thrown into Gehenna with two feet. 47 But what if it is ˢyour eye that is causing you to stumble in sin? Gouge it out! It is truly better for ˢyou to enter into the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to be thrown into Gehenna, 48 where ‘the worms that feed on them+ do not die, and the fire is not quenched,’+ with two eyes. 49 Everyone, you see, will with fire be salted.++ 50 Salt is so valuable.+ If the salt becomes unsalty, however, exactly how will ᵖyou make it salty again?+ Keep on having salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”+

+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.+9:1Or before, or until. See note at Mt 16:28. The same applies here.+9:1See note at Mt 16:28. The same applies here.+9:1Cf Is 4:4:2-6, 60:1; Dn 2:34-35, 2:44-45, 7:21-22; 1 Co 4:20; 1 Th 3:13; 2 Pe 1:16-20.+9:2Lit according to that which is private alone. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 272).+9:3Lit of such sort.+9:5Cf Lv 23:42.+9:5Μωϋσεῖ ( Mōusei) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore καὶ (kai) has been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this element.+9:7Cf Ex 13:21-22, 14:19-24, 19:16-18, 20:18, 24:15-18, 33:9-10, 40:28-29; 2 Ch 7:1; Dt 4:33, 5:24-26; Is 4:2-6; Ezk 1:4-6, 25-28; Mt 17:5.+9:7Lit Hear him. ME (see L-N, 36.14).+9:9Lit he.+9:10Lit they.+9:10Or The order they obeyed, arguing among themselves...; or The matter they kept to themselves, arguing... Cf NASB.+9:11Lit him.+9:11Cf Ml 4:5-6.+9:12Ml 4:6. Cf LXX.+9:12Ml 4:6 makes it clear that the “things” “turned back” or “brought back” are “hearts.” Cf Dt 30:2-3; 1 Ki 18:37-38; 2 Ki 1:1-16; Ml 4:6, Re 11:3-6. Cf also the NET’s rendering of Ml 4:6.+9:12Cf Ps 22; Is 53; Lk 24:26-27.+9:13Cf Lk 1:17+9:13Lit did to him as many things as they wanted. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 543).+9:14Lit When they.+9:15Lit him.+9:16Lit He.+9:18Lit it.+9:19Lit he.+9:19Lit him.+9:20Lit him.+9:20Lit him.+9:20Lit him.+9:21Lit his.+9:21Lit From childhood. ME (see L-N, 67.153). Cf NCV, NLT.+9:21Lit he.+9:22Lit It.+9:22Or often throws.+9:22Lit into [with submergence implied]. The concern here is not that the boy has been falling into shallow water, but that the demon has tried to drown the boy. I have signaled this in translation with “under.” Cf UBSHS (Mk), 286.+9:25Lit You mute and deaf spirit. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 288). Cf ISV.+9:26Lit it.+9:26Lit him.+9:26Lit he.+9:27Lit him.+9:28Lit he.+9:28Lit according to one’s own/what is private. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 290).+9:28Lit drive it out.+9:29Lit he.+9:29Some manuscripts add “and fasting” (ESV).+9:30Lit he.+9:31Or when, or after.+9:32Lit they.+9:32Lit But they didn’t understand the statement. ME. Cf ISV, NIV, NLT.+9:33Lit him.+9:33Lit them.+9:33Lit on the road. ME (see BDAG, 691, sv ὁδός). Cf CJB.+9:35Lit he.+9:36Lit he.+9:36Lit around him.+9:37Lit in my name. ME (see notes at Mt 10:41). Cf also Mk 9:41. Note that in both Mt 10:41 and Mk 9:41, the idiom applies to the person who is being received.+9:38Lit since he was not accompanying us. ME (see note at Mt 4:19; UBSHS [Mk], 297). Cf CJB, ISV, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+9:41Lit gives you a cup of water in name. ME (see translation and notes at Mt 10:41-42; cf Mt 18:5). Cf CJB, HCSB, NASB, NET, NRSV, RSV.+9:42Lit little ones, or small ones. ME (see note at Mt 10:42).+9:42Cf 2 Co 11:1-6.+9:43Some manuscripts have verses 44 and 46 (which are the same as v 48). For a brief discussion of the manuscript variants here, see NET Bible Notes at Mk 9:44.+9:48Lit the worm of them. Though some degree of possession is implied here, this isn’t the primary function of the genitive here. “Them” is the object of an implied verb (“feeding”) (see UBSHS [Mk], 304). Cf TEV.+9:48Is 66:24+9:49Some manuscripts add “and every sacrifice will be salted with salt” (ESV).+9:49Cf Gn 19:26; Ex 30:35; Lv 2:13; Nu 18:19; Dt 29:23; Jg 9:45; 2 Ki 2:21; 2 Ch 13:5; Jb 39:6; Ps 11:6; Jr 17:6; Ezk 38:22, 43:24; Zp 2:9; Lk 17:28-32; 2 Pt 2:6, 3:5-12; Re 16:8-9, 20:14.+9:50Or good. Drawing from the UBSHS in translation here (see UBSHS [Mk], 305).+9:50“In the ancient world...what was often sold as salt was highly adulterated and the sodium chloride could leach out in humid weather, in which case the residue (normally a form of lime) would be useless” ( L-N, 5.25).+9:50Cf Mk 9:33 above; Rm 12. Remember, this whole discussion originated because the disciples were arguing about who would be the greatest.