BHT with Full Translator’s NotesMark 6 =
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“A Prophet Is without Honor Only in His Own Hometown and among His Relatives and in His Own Household”
1 Jesus+ left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples came along with him. 2 When the Sabbath arrived, he began teaching in the synagogue. Many who were listening were astonished and asked, “Where did this man get these things? And what is this wisdom that has been given to this man? What are these miracles that are taking place through his hands+? 3 This is the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, isn’t it? And his sisters live here among us, don’t they?” And they stumbled with offense+ because of him.
4 “A prophet is without honor only in his own hometown and among his relatives and in his own household,” Jesus kept saying to them. 5 And in that place he wasn’t able to do any miracles, except for placing his hands on and healing only+ a few sick people.+ 6 And he was amazed at their unbelief.
“He Called the Twelve to Himself and Began Sending Them Out Two by Two”
Then Jesus+ traveled about from village to village+ teaching.7 He called the Twelve to himself and began sending them out two by two, and granted them authority over unclean spirits. 8 He gave them orders not to take anything for the road except a staff—no bread, no traveler’s bag, no copper coins for the fold in their belts, 9 though they could wear+ sandals. “And ᵖyou are not to wear an extra inner garment.+” 10 Then he told them, “Whenever ᵖyou enter a home,+ in that same house+ remain until you leave the area.+ 11 And if+ the people+ in a certain place refuse to welcome ᵖyou or listen to you, as you are leaving that place, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them.” 12 So the disciples+ went out and proclaimed that people should repent, 13 and they were driving out many demons+ and anointing many sick people with olive oil and healing them.
“I Want You to Give Me Right Now on a Platter the Head of John the Baptizer”
14 The regional governor over Galilee,+ Herod, heard about this, because Jesus’+ name had become very+ well-known. Some+ were saying, “John the Baptizer has been raised from the dead, and that’s why these miraculous powers are at work in him!” 15 Others, however, were saying, “He is Elijah.+” Still others, though, were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of the past.+”
16 When Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I had+ beheaded, has been raised back to life!” 17 Herod himself, you see, had ordered John’s arrest+ and had had him bound in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.+ 18 For John had repeatedly told Herod, “The Torah does not permit+ you to have your brother’s wife.”+ 19 As for Herodias, she held a grudge against John+ and wanted to have him killed, but she couldn’t. 20 Herod, you see, was afraid of John, because+ he knew that he was a righteous and holy man, and he was protecting him. When Herod+ listened to John,+ he would grow very, very+ anxious,+ and yet he would listen to him with great+ delight.
21 Finally the perfect opportunity came when Herod, on the day of his birthday celebration, had a feast+ prepared for his high officials and the military commanders and the most important people of Galilee. 22 When his daughter Herodias+ came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The governor+ said to the girl, “Ask me for anything ˢyou want and I will give it to you.” 23 He promised her with an oath, “I will give you whatever it is+ you ask of me, up to half my kingdom!”
24 So the girl+ went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?”
“The head of John the Baptizer!” her mother+ replied.
25 The girl+ immediately hurried back to the governor and made her request: “I want you to give me right now on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.” 26 Although+ the governor was very+ deeply grieved at this, because of his oaths and his dinner guests he didn’t want to go back on his promise+ to her. 27 So without delay the governor sent an executioner and ordered him to bring John’s+ head, and the man+ went and beheaded him in the prison. 28 Then he brought the head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. 29 When John’s+ disciples heard about this, they came and took his body away and placed it in a tomb.
“Those Who Ate the Loaves Numbered Five Thousand Men”
30 Then the apostles rejoined+ Jesus and told him about everything they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “ᵖYou come with me+ by yourselves to the wilderness and rest a while.” (Those who were coming and those who were going were so many, you see, that+ Jesus and his disciples+ didn’t have a chance even+ to eat.) 32 So they left in the boat for a place out in the wilderness away from the crowds.+ 33 But many people saw them leaving and recognized them, and they ran together to the destination,+ from all the towns,+ by land,+ and got there ahead of them! 34 When Jesus+ got out of the boat,+ he saw a large crowd, and his heart went out to them,+ because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
35 When it was already quite late,+ his disciples came up to him and said, “This place is way out+ in the wilderness,+ and it’s already late.+ 36 Please+ dismiss the people+ so that they can go into the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
37 “ᵖYou yourselves give them something to eat,” Jesus+ replied to them.
“We would have to go and buy a good+ eight months’ wages+ worth of bread to give them something to eat!”+ they said.
38 “How many loaves do ᵖyou have?” he asked them. “Go and see.”
When they found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.”
39 Jesus+ instructed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41 And when he had taken the five small round+ loaves and the two cooked+ fish, Jesus+ looked up into the sky+ and gave thanks.+ Then he broke the loaves into pieces and kept giving them to the disciples to serve to the people.+ The two fish he also divided among them all. 42 They all ate as much as they wanted.+ 43 Then the disciples+ received back from the people+ the leftover+ pieces of bread, twelve baskets full, and what was left+ of the fish. 44 Those who ate the loaves numbered five thousand men. 45 Then without delay Jesus+ had his disciples get into the boat and start going on ahead to the other side of the lake+ to Bethsaida, while he himself dismissed the crowd. 46 And after saying goodbye to the people,+ he went away to the mountainside to pray.
“He Came to Them Walking on the Lake”
47 When it was evening,+ the boat was in the middle of the lake. Jesus,+ meanwhile, was alone on land. 48 When he saw them being battered as they rowed (the wind was against them, you see), sometime between three and six in the morning+ he came to them walking on the lake, intending+ to join+ them.
49 When the disciples+ saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost+ and began to scream, 50 for they all+ saw him and were terrified.
“Take courage!” Jesus+ immediately said to them. “It’s me!+ Don’t be afraid!”51 Then he got up into the boat with them, and the wind died down. The disciples+ were in complete and utter+ awe. 52 They had not understood the significance of the miracle of the loaves, you see, but their hearts were calloused.
53 When they had crossed over the lake+ to shore, they landed+ at a fertile plain on the Sea of Galilee just southwest of Capernaum+ and moored the boat there. 54 When they got out of the boat, people+ immediately recognized Jesus+ 55 and ran throughout that whole area and began bringing to whatever place he was rumored to be,+ on mats,+ those who were sick.+ 56 Wherever he would go, whether into villages or into towns or to the countryside, people+ would place the sick in the market areas,+ and would beg him to let them touch just+ the blue-threaded tassel of twisted cords+ on his cloak. And all who touched it were healed.
+1:1The second genitive here has been interpreted as an objective genitive (though it may be functioning here on a plenary level; see Wallace, Grammar, 119). This is reflected in the translation. Cf NIV, NLT, TEV. Cf also UBSHS (Mk), 2.+1:1Cf Ac 1:22.+1:1Lit The beginning of the gospel about Jesus the Messiah, just as it is written…. Here, the first genitive has been translated as a subjective genitive. Following the lead of L-N in connecting this phrase with what follows (see L-N, 68.1). Cf also NAC (Mk), 38; UBSHS (Mk), 2.+1:2Lit before your face. ME(I/F) (see L-N, 67.19).+1:2Ml 3:1+1:3Following the MT in translation. Cf NLT.+1:3Lit the paths, or your paths. ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 3:3).+1:3εὐθείας ( eutheias) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+1:3Is 40:3+1:4In this context, ἐγένετο ( egeneto) is similar in meaning to παραγίνεται ( paraginetai) at Mt 3:1 (see translation and notes there; cf BSL, Mk 1:4, sv γίνομαι). Cf CJB, TEV.+1:5VPR. See VCC (Mt 3:5).+1:5Or confessing.+1:5Cf Ps 32:3.+1:6Cf 2 Ki 1:8, Lk 1:17.+1:8Or in.+1:9Lit In those days. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 56). Cf NIV, NCV.+1:10According to Stephen Levinsohn and Randall Buth (based on personal correspondence with Dr. Levinsohn), in Mark καὶ εὐθὺς ( kai euthus) often functions as a development marker, somewhat similar to δὲ ( de) in Matthew. Though this is not necessarily always the case, in situations where it does seem to be functioning on this level, it is either translated as a development marker or is left untranslated.+1:10Lit he.+1:10Or the skies. So throughout this section.+1:10ὡς περιστερὰν ( hōs peristeran) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+1:11φωνὴ ( phōnē) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause final for extra focus and stress (with the help of a dummy subject).+1:11Cf Gn 22:2, 16; Is 42:1.+1:12Lit him.+1:13ἄγγελοι ( angeloi) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+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.+1:15VPR. See VCC (Mt 3:2).+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).+1:18VPR. See VCC (Mt 4:20, 22).+1:19Lit and. Koine Greek often used parataxis to link words or clauses when some sort of hypotactic relationship was implied (see BDAG, 494, sv καί 1.b.β., γ.; BDF, §471; Wallace, Grammar, 19; NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:28). Cf ESV, NASB, NRSV, RSV.+1:21IT. Cf NLT, TEV.+1:21See note at “well” in Mk 1:10.+1:21Lit he.+1:22Lit they.+1:22Cf NLT.+1:23See note at “well” in Mk 1:10.+1:23ἄνθρωπος ἐν πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ ( anthrōpos en pneumati akathartō) is in a DFE position (see BART Display), and has thus been placed in clause-final for extra focus (with the help of a dummy subject).+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.+1:26Or after. Since the aorist participles are used with an aorist indicative main verb, it isn’t completely clear whether the relative time of the participles is contemporaneous or antecedent. For further discussion, see Wallace, Grammar, 624.+1:26Lit him.+1:27τοῖς πνεύμασι τοῖς ἀκαθάρτοις ( tois pneumasi tois akathartois) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore καὶ ( kai) has been rendered ascensively to give this constituent extra focus.+1:29See note at “well” in Mk 1:10.+1:29ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς ( ek tēs sunagōgēs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+1:30Lit immediately. ME. Cf TEV.+1:32Ὀψίας ( opsias) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for primary focus and stress.+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 they. This is an indefinite plural.+1:32Lit to him.+1:32κακῶς ( kakōs) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis+1:34Lit he.+1:34κακῶς ( kakōs) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+1:34δαιμόνια πολλὰ ( daimonia polla) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore repetition and italics have been used to give this constituent extra focus and emphasis.+1:35πρωῒ ἔννυχα λίαν ( prōi ennucha lian) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore commas have been used to give extra focus to this constituent, which has also been placed in clause-final for primary focus and stress.+1:35Cf NCV, TEV.+1:35Lit he.+1:35The direct object is implied from the context. Cf NCV, NIV, TEV.+1:35The imperfect tense of the verb here “implies some duration to the prayer (see NET Bible Notes, Mk 1:35). Cf NET.+1:37πάντες ( pantes) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+1:38Lit he.+1:38IT. Cf CJB; UBSHS (Mk), 63.+1:38καὶ ἐκεῖ ( kai ekei) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore καὶ has been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this element.+1:38εἰς τοῦτο ( eis touto) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an emphatic adjective has been used to give extra focus and emphasis to this constituent.+1:38IT. Cf ISV.+1:39τὰ δαιμόνια ( ta daimonia) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT; note, though, that the BART Display is marked for focal ambiguity), and therefore repetition has been used to give extra focus to this constituent (“demons” is used in a context in which the verbs are functioning progressively and distributively [ie, the demons are coming out of multiple people as Jesus travels “all over Galilee”]). Mark really seems to love this aspect of Jesus’ ministry!+1:40Lit a leper. Cf Lv 13.+1:40Lit to him.+1:40Lit he.+1:40Lit cleanse. IT (see BDAG, 488, sv καθαρίζω 2). Cf NLT.+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 left him.+1:43Lit him.+1:43Lit he.+1:44IT. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+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. The dative here has been interpreted as a dative of location. This is reflected in the translation. Cf Lv 14.+1:45Lit he.+1:45Lit the word.+1:45Lit he.+1:45φανερῶς εἰς πόλιν ( phanerōs eis polin) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore ὥστε ( ōste) has been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this element.+1:45φανερῶς ( phanerōs) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+1:45ἔξω ἐπʼ ἐρήμοις τόποις ( exō ep’ erēmois topois) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore ἀλλʼ ( all’) has been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this constituent.+1:45Lit they.+2:1Lit he.+2:1Lit it was heard. ME. Cf CJB, NET, NLT, NCV, TEV.+2:1IT. Cf CJB, NIV, NLT.+2:1ἐν οἴκῳ ( en oikō) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:2Lit He.+2:2Or the word.+2:3Lit and. Koine Greek often uses parataxis in places where English may prefer hypotaxis (see BDAG, 494, sv καί 1.b.β.-ζ.; BDF, §471; Wallace, Grammar, 19; NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:28). Cf ISV, TEV; UBSHS (Mk), 73.+2:3Lit they. Cf ISV, NET.+2:3VPR. See VCC (Mk 2:3)+2:4Lit he.+2:7Lit Why...? The rhetorical impact intended by the question here is, in my opinion, more effectively conveyed in English with something like “how dare.” Cf CJB, TEV; UBSHS (Mk), 78; translation and notes at Lk 5:21.+2:7οὕτως ( houtōs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for primary focus and stress. Cf CJB.+2:7Lit Who can forgive sins except God alone? ME. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+2:8See note at “well” in Mk 1:10.+2:8Lit in his spirit. ME (see UBSHS [Jn], 212).+2:8οὕτως ( houtōs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus a demonstrative wh-cleft has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+2:8τί ( ti) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft has been used to give extra focus to this element.+2:10Or know, or realize.+2:10Or on the earth. Cf Ps 2, 8; Dn 7:13-14. If ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ( epi tēs gēs) is to be grouped with “have authority,” then it is in a DFE position (confirmed through personal correspondence with Dr. Stephen Levinsohn). Because of the parallels in Mt and Lk, I am inclined to interpret it as such here. (This is the interpretation reflected in most English translations.) Italics have therefore been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:12See note at Mk 1:10.+2:12Lit he.+2:12ὥστε ( hōste) here is signaling result. That people are in awe and praising God in response to the healing is clear and obvious from the context, and thus ὥστε has not been translated. Cf CJB, NET, NLT, TEV.+2:12οὕτως ( houtōs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:13Lit beside the lake. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+2:13πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος ( pas ho ochlos) is in P2 (see BART Display; note, though, that the BART Display is marked for focal ambiguity), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress.+2:14Lit follow me. ME(H) (see note at Mt 4:19).+2:14Lit he.+2:14Lit he.+2:14VPR. See VCC (Mt 4:20, 22).+2:15IT. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+2:15Lit he.+2:15Lit his.+2:15πολλοὶ τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ( polloi telōnai kai hamartōloi) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a forward-pointing device has been used to give extra focus to this element.+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).+2:16μετὰ τῶν τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ( meta tōn telōnōn kai hamartōlōn) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a question and an adjective (“such”; cf NLT, TEV) have been used to give extra focus to this constituent (and to convey the surprise and contempt present contextually).+2:17See note at Mt 9:12. The same applies here.+2:17κακῶς ( kakōs) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+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.+2:17δικαίους ( dikaious) and ἁμαρτωλούς ( hamartōlous) are in E-O, as part of a point-counterpoint series (see LDGNT), and thus the negative particle has been placed directly before the counterpoint in order to give extra focus to these constituents.+2:17Cf CJB.+2:18Lit they. Cf ISV, NIV, TEV.+2:18Lit to him.+2:18σοὶ ( soi) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore a possessive adjective has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+2:18Lit Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your own disciples don’t fast? The question has been placed at the end of the verse in order to signal the switch in topic more smoothly in English.+2:19ἐν ᾧ ὁ νυμφίος μετʼ αὐτῶν ἐστιν ( en hō ho numphios met’ autōn estin) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore the IT (in Greek, questions that begin with μὴ [ mē] expect a negative answer [see Black, Grammar, 170; Mounce, Grammar, 296]) has been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this constituent.+2:19μετʼ ( met’) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+2:19In Greek, questions that begin with μὴ ( mē) expect a negative answer (see Black, Grammar, 170; Mounce, Grammar, 296).+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.+2:20τότε ( tote) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+2:20Lit at/on/in that day.+2:21ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ( epiblēma ‘rakous agnaphou) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress.+2:21Lit If not/otherwise. ME. Cf CJB, ESV, ISV, NIV, RSV.+2:21χεῖρον σχίσμα ( cheiron schisma) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+2:22Lit If not/otherwise. ME. Cf CJB, ESV, ISV, NIV, RSV.+2:22The verb is implied from the first part of the verse. Cf ISV, LEB, NASB, NCV, NET, NIV, TEV.+2:23Lit he.+2:23ἐν τοῖς σάββασιν ( en tois sabbasin) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:23Lit to make a road. ME(I/F) (see UBSHS [Mk], 96). Cf NIV, TEV.+2:24τοῖς σάββασιν is ( tois sabbasin) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:26Cf Lv 16:32; 1Sa 21:1-6; 2 Sa 8:17;1 Ch 24:6.+2:26τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ( tous artous tēs protheseōs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a rhetorical question and an emphatic adjective (“very”) have been used to give extra focus and emphasis to this constituent. Also, the verb in the preceding clause has been subordinated to ensure that primary emphasis lands on the focal element. Cf Mt 12:4 and Lk 6:3.+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.+2:26σὺν ( sun) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+2:27τὸ σάββατον ( to sabbaton) here is a topical frame (see BART Display and LDGNT).+2:27διὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ( dia ton anthrōpon) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this element.+2:27Here διά ( dia) is functioning as a marker of benefaction (see, eg, L-N, 90.38). Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+2:27Lit man. ME. Cf CJB, NRSV, TEV.+2:28κύριος καὶ τοῦ σαββάτου ( kurios kai tou sabbatou) is in a split focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT). The preposed element has been italicized for extra focus and emphasis, with καὶ rendered ascensively to give extra focus to the split element.+3:1Lit he.+3:1Lit dried up. ME(I/F) (see L-N, 23.173). ἐξηραμμένην ( exērammenēn) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress.+3:2Lit they. Cf CJB, NCV, TEV.+3:2Lit him.+3:2Lit him.+3:2τοῖς σάββασιν ( tois sabbasin) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+3:2The context makes it clear that they are looking for grounds on which to accuse. Cf CJB, NIV.+3:2Lit in order to accuse him.+3:3Lit in the middle. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 104).+3:3Lit he.+3:4Lit Which is lawful? ME(H) (see note at Mt 12:10).+3:4ἀγαθὸν ( agathon) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+3:4Or to do evil?+3:4σῶσαι ( sōsai) is in a DFE position (see BART Display), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+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.+3:6μετὰ τῶν Ἡρῳδιανῶν ( meta tōn hērōdianōn) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore a demonstrative pronoun and colon have been used to give this element extra focus. συμβούλιον ( sumboulion) here has been interpreted as incorporated in the verb phrase. (Through personal correspondence, Dr. Stephen Levinsohn told me that in his personal annotations he has noted that συμβούλιον may be incorporated. His doubts spring from the fact that a different verb is used here.) Cf the BART Display at Mt 12:14.+3:6Lit the Herodians. ME(H) (see NET Bible Notes, Mt 22:16).+3:6Since a colon was used to give extra focus to the focal constituent (see note at “these” in this verse), the verbal idea has been restated in translation here.+3:6The verb here is functioning causatively/ergatively. For more on causative/ergative actives (in which the subject is the ultimate source behind the action), see Wallace, Grammar, 411.+3:7πολὺ πλῆθος ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ( polu plēthos tēs Galilaias) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a passive construction has been used in order to allow this element to land in clause-final for primary focus and stress.+3:7πολὺ ( polu) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore an adverb has been used to give this constituent extra focus and emphasis.+3:9πλοιάριον ( ploiarion) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore διὰ τὸν ὄχλον ( dia ton ochlon) has been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this element.+3:9Lit they. Cf NIV, TEV.+3:10πολλοὺς ( pollous) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+3:10VPR. See VCC (Mk 3:10).+3:11ἐθεώρουν ( etheōroun) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an adjective has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+3:12VPR. See VCC (Mk 3:12). Cf ISV.+3:12πολλὰ ( polla) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been modified with an adverb and segmented with commas for extra focus and emphasis.+3:12φανερὸν ( phaneron) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give extra focus and emphasis to this element within the ME (see following note).+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.+3:14ἀποστόλους ( apostolous) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+3:14Lit to be with him. ME. Cf ISV, NLT.+3:17An ellipsis is present here in the Greek text. The verb is implied from v 16.+3:19IT. Cf ISV, NCV, NLT.+3:20Lit so that they.+3:20ἄρτον ( arton) is in an embedded P2 position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent within the ME (see following note).+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.+3:22ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων ( apo Yerosolumōn) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+3:22Βεελζεβοὺλ ( Beelzeboul) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+3:22Lit He has Beelzebul. Cf NET, NIV, NLT.+3:22ἐν τῷ ἄρχοντι τῶν δαιμονίων ( en tō archonti tōn daimoniōn) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+3:22IT. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+3:22This is a genitive of subordination.+3:23Lit he.+3:23ἐν παραβολαῖς ( en parabolais) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a rhetorical question has been used to give extra focus to this element.+3:23σατανᾶν ( satanan) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+3:23“He asked” is used as a transition here, since a rhetorical question was used to give extra focus to the focal constituent in the preceding line (see note at “what?” earlier in this verse). Cf NCV, NLT.+3:24ἐφʼ ἑαυτὴν ( eph’ heautēn) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+3:24In this context, ἵστημι ( histēmi) means to “continue to exist” (see DBL Greek, #2705.11; L-N, 13.90) or to “survive” (see UBSHS [Mt], 373). Cf CJB, NCV.+3:25The focal prominence given to “house” (see BART Display) is underscoring a contrast between different things that can be divided.+3:25οἰκία ( oikia) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display; note, though, that the BART Display is marked for focal ambiguity), and thus a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+3:26Or rebels, or rises up. For this gloss for ἀνίστημι ( anistēmi), see UBSHS (Mk), 120.+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). The present indicative here is most likely conveying the certainty of Satan’s demise if the protasis were true. τέλος ( telos) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+3:27Or the strong man’s.+3:27εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ ἰσχυροῦ ( eis tēn oikian tou ischurou) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+3:27See note at Mt 12:29. The same applies here.+3:27τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ ( ta skeuē autou) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+3:27δήσῃ ( dēsē) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus a rhetorical question has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+3:27τότε ( tote) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+3:27See note at Mt 12:29. The same applies here.+3:28IT (see note at Mt 5:18).+3:28Lit the sons of men. ME(I/F) (see UBSHS [Mk], 122). Cf CJB, HCSB, ISV, NET, TEV.+3:28πάντα τὰ ἁμαρτήματα καὶ αἱ βλασφημίαι ὅσα ἐὰν βλασφημήσωσιν ( panta ta hamartēmata kai hai blasphēmiai hosa ean blasphēmēsōsin) is in a split focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore the clause has been structured so as to allow this information to land in clause-final for primary focus and stress. An emphatic adverb has also been used to give extra focus and emphasis to the preposed element.+3:28The context (juxtaposition with a category/class/kind of sin known as “blasphemy of the Spirit”; plural usage of βλασφημία [ blasphēmia]) indicates that πάντα ( panta) here is signaling different categories and classes of sin and blasphemy. Cf BDAG, 784, sv πᾶς 5; L-N, 58.28.+3:28“Commit” is implied here.+3:28Lit blasphemies.+3:29A condition is implied in the relative clause here. For more on implicit conditions, see Wallace, Grammar, 687-9.+3:29ἔνοχός αἰωνίου ἁμαρτήματος ( enochos aiōniou hamartēmatos) is in a split focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an emphatic adverb/spacer has been used to give extra focus to this element.+3:29αἰωνίου ( aiōniou) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+3:30IT. Cf NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+3:30πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον ( pneuma akatharton) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+3:31ἔξω ( exō) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+3:31IT. Cf CJB, NCV, NLT, TEV.+3:32ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ σου ( hē mētēr sou kai hoi adelphoi sou) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore the clause has been structured so as to give extra focus to this element.+3:34περὶ αὐτὸν κύκλῳ ( peri auton kuklō) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+3:35οὗτος ( houtos) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+4:1Lit he.+4:1πάλιν ( palin) is in P2 (see BART Display), and therefore an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this element, which has also been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress.+4:1εἰς πλοῖον ( eis ploion) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+4:1πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ( pros tēn thalassan) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore and adverb and a colon have been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+4:2πολλὰ ( polla) is in a DFE position (see BART Display), and therefore repetition has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+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.+4:3Lit behold. EFE. See note at Mt 2:9.+4:5Lit did not have much soil. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 403).+4:5Lit because it did not have depth of soil. ME (see UBSHS [Mt], 403).+4:6Lit because it did not have root. ME. Cf NET.+4:7IT (see note at Mt 13:7).+4:7Lit and. Koine Greek often uses parataxis in places where English may prefer hypotaxis (see BDAG, 494, sv καί 1.b.β.-ζ.; BDF, §471; Wallace, Grammar, 19; NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:28). Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NLT.+4:7καρπὸν ( karpon) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT; note, though, that the BART Display is marked for focal ambiguity), and therefore the negative particle has been placed directly before this element to give it extra focus. The element has also been placed in clause-final for primary focus and stress.+4:8VPR. See VCC (Mt 13:8). A different lexeme is used here, but the context is the same, and the same aspect is encoded in the verb.+4:8The direct object is implied here. Cf, eg, CJB, LEB.+4:9Lit He who has ears, let him hear. ME(I/F) (see note at Mt 11:15).+4:10Lit he.+4:10Lit according to that which is alone/private. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 133).+4:10Lit those around him along with the Twelve. ME. Here, σὺν ( sun) is functioning in a way very similar to καί ( kai). Cf BDAG, 962, 3.a.β.; NCV, NIV, NLT.+4:11τὸ μυστήριον τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ ( to mustērion tēs basileias tou theou) is in a split focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been placed in clause-final for primary focus and stress. The preposed element has also been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+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.+4:11ἐν παραβολαῖς ( en parabolais) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+4:12See notes at Mt 13:15. The same applies here.+4:12See note at Mt 13:15. The same applies here.+4:12Lit it. IT.+4:12Is 6:9, 10.+4:13EFE. For the rhetorical force of πῶς ( pōs) in this type of context, see BDAG, 901, sv 1.a.β-δ.+4:13Here καί ( kai) is most likely introducing an apodosis to a condition implied in the question (cf BDAG, 494, sv 1.b.δ); ie, “If you don’t understand this parable, how will you understand...?” The implied apodosis is signaled to English readers here with “then.” Cf ESV, HCSB, NET, NIV, NRSV, RSV. Also, πάσας τὰς παραβολὰς ( pasas tas parabolas) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore “then” has also been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this element.+4:14τὸν λόγον ( ton logon) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+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.+4:15In this context, εἰμί ( eimi) means to “mean” or “represent” (see BDAG, 283, sv 2.c.). Cf NLT.+4:15The nominatives here make up a convertible proposition (they have an identical referent and are interchangeable; for more on convertible propositions, see Wallace, Grammar, 41-5). Pronouns are typically the subjects in such constructions ( Ibid, 44). At the same time, in vv 15-16, οὗτοί ( houtoi) is in P2 (see LDGNT and BART Display). Therefore, even though οὗτοί technically stands as the subject, since the two constituents are interchangeable, and since εἰμί ( eimi) is signaling a metaphor here (see UBSHS [Mk], 138; cf BDAG, 283, sv εἰμί 2.c.), οὗτοί has been placed in clause-final both for primary stress, and to allow for the metaphor to be signaled in more natural English (the passive with “represent” sounds a bit awkward, in my opinion).+4:16ἐπὶ τὰ πετρώδη ( epi ta petrōdē) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and thus an adverb and dashes have been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+4:16See note at “these” in Mk 4:15 above. The same applies here.+4:16μετὰ χαρᾶς ( meta charas) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+4:17Lit And they have no root in themselves. ME. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+4:17πρόσκαιροί ( proskairoi) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent. Cf ISV, NIV.+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.+4:18εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας ( eis tas akanthas) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore an adverb and dashes have been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+4:18See note at “these” in Mk 4:15 above. The same applies here with ἄλλοι ( alloi).+4:18ἀκούσαντες ( akousantes) is in a DFE position (see BART Display), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+4:19IT (see note at Mt 13:7).+4:19ἡ μέριμνα τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ ἡ ἀπάτη τοῦ πλούτου καὶ αἱ περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐπιθυμίαι ( hē merimna tou aiōnos kai hē apatē tou ploutou kai hai peri ta loipa epithumiai) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore delay and a colon have been used to give extra focus to this element.+4:19περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ( peri ta loipa) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+4:19Result is implied here (cf BDAG, 495, sv καί 1.b.ζ.).+4:19ἄκαρπος ( akarpos) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a rhetorical question has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+4:20ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν καλὴν ( epi tēn gēn tēn kalēn) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and thus an adverb and dashes have been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+4:20See note at “these” in Mk 4:15. The same applies here.+4:21Lit he.+4:21ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον ἢ ὑπὸ τὴν κλίνην ( hupo ton modion ē hupo tēn klinēn) is in a split focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore the IT (in Greek, questions that begin with μὴ [ mē] expect a negative answer [see Black, Grammar, 170; Mounce, Grammar, 296]) has been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this element.+4:21ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν ( epi tēn luchnian) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a reversed wh-cleft has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+4:22Lit For there is not anything hidden except that it may be disclosed. ME. Cf ISV.+4:22IT. Cf NLT.+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.+4:25καὶ ὃ ἔχει ( kai ho echei) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus καὶ has been rendered ascensively to give extra focus to this element.+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.+4:26οὕτως ( houtōs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus a demonstrative wh-cleft has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+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).+4:27Lit and. Koine Greek often used parataxis to link words or clauses when some sort of hypotactic relationship was implied (see BDAG, 494, sv καί 1.b.β.-ζ.; BDF, §471; Wallace, Grammar, 19; NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:28). In this case the implied relationship is contemporaneous in nature. Cf CJB, ISV.+4:27VPR. See VCC (Mk 4:27).+4:27IT. Cf NLT, TEV.+4:28αὐτομάτη ( automatē) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent. Cf NIV.+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.+4:30ἐν τίνι παραβολῇ ( en tini parabolē) is in a split focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this element.+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.+4:31The participle in this verse is interpreted as an adverbial participle of concession. This is reflected in the translation. Cf ISV, LEB, NASB, NET.+4:31Lit which.+4:31Here, πάντων ( pantōn) means different kinds of seeds (see UBSHS [Mt], 425). Cf BDAG, 784, sv πᾶς 5; L-N, 58.28.+4:31μικρότερον πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ( mikroteron pantōn tōn spermatōn tōn epi tēs gēs) is in a split focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore inversion has been used to give extra focus to this element.+4:32Lit the birds of the sky. ME(I/F) (see BDAG, 809, sv πετεινόν; NET Bible Notes, 13:32). Cf NCV, NET. τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ( ta peteina tou ouranou) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+4:32Dn 4:12, Ezk 17:23+4:32Cf Is 2:2-4, 42:1-4, 49:5-6; Ac 10:9-15.+4:33τοιαύταις παραβολαῖς πολλαῖς ( toiautais parabolais pollais) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this element.+4:33Lit he.+4:33Or word, or teaching.+4:33Or to hear, or to understand.+4:34χωρὶς παραβολῆς ( chōris parabolēs) is in P2 (see BART Display), and therefore δὲ ( de) has been used as a spacer (cf NLT) to give extra focus to this element.+4:35ὀψίας ( opsias) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for primary focus and stress.+4:35Lit said to them.+4:35IT. Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, NET, NLT, TEV.+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).+4:36ἄλλα πλοῖα ( alla ploia) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress (with the help of a dummy subject; cf CJB, NCV, NIV, TEV). καὶ ( kai) has also been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this element.+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 on a cushion sleeping. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 154). Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+4:38καθεύδων ( katheudōn) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT; note, though, that the BART Display is marked for focal ambiguity), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress.+4:38Lit They.+4:38VPR. See VCC (Mt 8:25).+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.+4:40δειλοί ( deiloi) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+4:41Lit They.+4:41τίς ( tis) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+4:41καὶ ὁ ἄνεμος καὶ ἡ θάλασσα ( kai ho anemos kai hē thalassa) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore καὶ has been rendered ascensively to give extra focus to this constituent.+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.+5:2ἄνθρωπος ἐν πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ ( anthrōpos en penumati akathartō) is in a DFE position (see BART Display), and thus the sentence has been structured in the passive voice in order to allow most of this information to land in clause-final. Cf TEV.+5:2See note at Mt 8:28. Cf NCV, TEV.+5:3Lit he.+5:3Lit had his dwelling. ME. Cf most English translations. τὴν κατοίκησιν ( tēn katoikēsin) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore this element within the ME has been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+5:3δῆσαι ( dēsai) is in a DFE position (see BART Display), and thus οὐκέτι ( ouketi) has been incorporated into the lexeme (“keep tied up”) in order to allow this element to land in clause-final for extra focus and stress. Cf CJB.+5:3οὐδὲ ἁλύσει ( oude halusei) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an ascensive adverb has been used to give extra focus to this element.+5:4Evidence, rather than cause, is being signaled here (see UBSHS [Mk], 158).+5:4πέδαις καὶ ἁλύσεσιν ( pedais kai halusesin) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb, a demonstrative pronoun, and dashes have been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+5:4δαμάσαι ( damasai) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore part of this element has been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress.+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).+5:7The verb here is functioning causatively/ergatively. For more on causative/ergative actives (in which the subject is the ultimate source behind the action), see Wallace, Grammar, 411. Also, βασανίσῃς ( basanisēs) is in a DFE position (see BART Display). Translating the verb causatively here has the added benefit of allowing the verb to land in clause-final for extra focus and stress.+5:7Or tormented, or tortured.+5:8IT. Cf NCV, TEV.+5:8Lit he.+5:8Or had repeatedly said, or was saying. For a brief discussion of the interpretive options with the imperfect here, see UBSHS (Mk), 161. Cf CJB, NLT.+5:9Lit he.+5:9λεγιὼν ( legiōn) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+5:9πολλοί ( polloi) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+5:10Lit with him.+5:12Lit They.+5:12Lit with him.+5:12Because it is used in context to an imperative, ἵνα ( hina) is interpreted here as functioning imperativally and permissively. For a discussion of the imperatival function of ἵνα ( hina), see Wallace, Grammar, 476-7; cf UBSHS (Mk), 163. Cf also ESV, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, NRSV, RSV, TEV.+5:12εἰς αὐτοὺς ( eis autous) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+5:13Lit He.+5:13Lit in the lake/sea. Cf NLT.+5:14The direct object is implied from the context. Cf most English translations.+5:14Lit they.+5:16The direct object is implied from the context. Cf, eg, NET, NLT.+5:16Lit them.+5:17Lit with him.+5:18Lit he.+5:18Lit with him.+5:18μετʼ ( met’) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+5:19Lit he.+5:19πεποίηκεν ( pepoiēken) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+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).+5:21IT. Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+5:21Koine Greek often used parataxis to link words or clauses when some sort of hypotactic relationship was implied (see BDAG, 494, sv καί 1.b.β.-ζ; BDF, §471; Wallace, Grammar, 19; NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:28). Cf HCSB, NIV.+5:22Lit him.+5:23The diminutive here suggests affection (see L-N, 10.47).+5:23ἐσχάτως ( eschatōs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this element within the ME (see following note).+5:23Lit has finally, or is at an extreme. ME (I/F) (see L-N, 23.151; UBSHS (Mk), 169). Cf most English translations.+5:23Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+5:23ἵνα ( hina) here is most likely functioning imperativally. For a brief discussion of the imperatival function of ἵνα ( hina), see Wallace, Grammar, 476-7; cf UBSHS (Mk), 163. Cf ESV, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, NRSV, RSV, TEV.+5:23Or delivered, or saved.+5:24Lit he.+5:25γυνὴ ( gunē) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed clause-final for extra focus and stress (with the help of a dummy subject). An adjective has also been used to give extra focus to this element.+5:25Lit who had been in a flow of blood. ME(OTB) (see note at Mt 9:20). Cf Lv 15:25-30.+5:26In vv 25-27, five participles are used. Some of these have been rendered as finite verbs in translation for the sake of more natural English. Cf NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, NRSV.+5:26πολλὰ ( polla) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore repetition has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+5:26Koine Greek often used parataxis to link words or clauses when some sort of hypotactic relationship was implied (see BDAG, 494, sv καί 1.b.β.-ζ, γ; BDF, §471; Wallace, Grammar, 19; NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:28). Here, the implied subordinate idea is concessive in nature.+5:26πάντα ( panta) is in an embedded DFE position (see BART Display), and therefore an adjective has been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+5:26εἰς τὸ χεῖρον ( eis to xeiron) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+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.+5:30δύναμιν ( dunamin) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+5:30τίς ( tis) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+5:31Lit and yet you ask. ME (see UBSHS [Mk], 174). Cf NLT.+5:31τίς ( tis) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+5:32ποιήσασαν ( poiēsasan) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+5:34Lit he.+5:34ἡ πίστις σου ( hē pistis sou) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT; note, though, that the BART Display is marked for focal ambiguity), and therefore a near demonstrative (in Greek, the article is a weak demonstrative) has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+5:35Lit they.+5:35ἔτι ( eti) has been incorporated into the verb in translation here.+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.+5:37εἰ μὴ τὸν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰακώβου ( ei mē ton petron kai Yakōbon kai Yōannēn ton adelphon Yakōbou) is in E-O, and constitutes a point-counterpoint series (see LDGNT), and therefore a colon and demonstrative pronoun have been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+5:38Koine Greek often uses parataxis in places where English may prefer hypotaxis (see BDAG, 494, sv καί 1.b.β.-ζ.; BDF, §471; Wallace, Grammar, 19; NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:28). Cf CJB, ISV, NCV, NIV, NLT, NRSV, RSV.+5:39IT. Cf CJB, NCV, NLT, TEV.+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. The cognate dative here is intensifying the action the verb. Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, NET, NLT, NIV, TEV.+5:43Lit he.+6:1Lit He.+6:2διὰ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ( dia tōn xeirōn autou) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+6:3Cf Ps 118:22; Is 8:14; 28:16; Mt 11:6; Lk 2:34; Rm 9:33; 1 Pe 2:6-8.+6:5ὀλίγοις ( oligois) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+6:5ὀλίγοις ἀρρώστοις ( oligois arrōstois) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress.+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.+6:10Or a house, or a household.+6:10Lit there, or in that place. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+6:10Lit leave from there/that place. ME. Cf NET.+6:11A condition is implied in the relative clause here. For more on implicit conditions, see Wallace, Grammar, 687-9. Cf most translations.+6:11IT. Cf CJB, NCV, TEV.+6:12Lit they.+6:13δαιμόνια πολλὰ ( daimonia polla) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus italics have been used to give extra focus and emphasis to this constituent.+6:14Lit the king. ME(H) (see note at Mt 14:1).+6:14Lit his.+6:14φανερὸν ( phaneron) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+6:14Lit They. Cf most translations.+6:15Ἠλίας ( ēlias) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+6:15IT. Cf CJB, ESV, NASB, NCV, NET, NIV, NLT, NRSV, RSV, TEV.+6:16Many of the verbs in this section are functioning causatively/ergatively. For more on causative/ergative actives (in which the subject is the ultimate source behind the action), see Wallace, Grammar, 411.+6:17Lit had sent and arrested John. ME. Cf NCV, NIV, TEV.+6:17ἐγάμησεν ( egamēsen) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore the clause has been structured so as allow this element to be land in clause-final for extra focus and stress. Cf HCSB, NIV.+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.+6:20The participle here has been interpreted as an adverbial participle of cause. This is reflected in the translation. Cf CJB, LEB, NET, TEV.+6:20Lit he.+6:20Lit to him.+6:20πολλὰ ( polla) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore repetition has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+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” earlier in the verse; cf L-N, 32.9; UBSHS [Mk], 196.) Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, TEV.+6:20ἡδέως ( ēdeōs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an adjective has been used to give extra focus to this constituent, which has been placed in clause-final for primary focus and stress.+6:21δεῖπνον ( deipnon) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+6:22Other manuscripts read the daughter of Herodias herself. For discussion of the textual difficulties here, see NET Bible Notes, Mk 6:21.+6:22Lit the king. ME(H) (see note at Mt 14:1).+6:23ὅ τι ἐάν με αἰτήσῃς ( ho ti ean me aitēsēs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), with ὅ τι ἐάν in an embedded focal position (see BART Display). A cleft has been used to give extra focus to the embedded element. The constituent as a whole has been placed in clause-final for primary focus and stress.+6:24Lit she.+6:24Lit She.+6:25Lit she.+6:26The participle has been interpreted as an adverbial participle of concession. This is reflected in the translation. Cf HCSB, LEB, NASB, NCV, NET.+6:26περίλυπος ( perilupos) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus and emphasis to this constituent.+6:26Drawing from BDAG in translation here (see BDAG, 24, sv ἀθετέω 2). Cf CJB.+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.+6:31IT. Cf CJB, NET, NIV.+6:31Result is implied here. Cf CJB, ISV, TEV.+6:31Lit and they.+6:31φαγεῖν ( phagein) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+6:32Lit according to that which is private. ME (see note at Mk 4:10).+6:33Lit there, or to that place.+6:33πεζῇ ( pezē) and ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν πόλεων ( apo pasōn tōn poleōn) are in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore commas have been used to give extra focus to ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν πόλεων, which has itself been used as a spacer to give extra focus to πεζῇ ( pezē).+6:33Or on foot.+6:34Lit he.+6:34The direct object is implied here. Cf ISV, TEV.+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. ὥρας πολλῆς ( hōras pollēs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause-final within the ME for primary focus and stress.+6:35ἔρημός ( erēmos) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore adverbs have been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+6:35Cf Ex 16:1-3; Dt 8:2-3; Jn 6:31-51.+6:35Lit and the hour is already much. ME (I/F) (see L-N, 67.77).+6:36This is an imperative of request/entreaty (ie, a polite request, used especially when addressing a superior). For more on imperatives of request, see Black, Grammar, 189; Wallace, Grammar, 487-8.+6:36Lit them.+6:37Lit he.+6:37δηναρίων διακοσίων ( dēnariōn diakosiōn) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this element.+6:37Lit two hundred denarii. ME(H) (see note at Mt 18:24).+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.+6:39Lit 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.+6:43IT. Cf ISV, NCV, NET, NLT, TEV.+6:43ἀπό ( apo) here is most likely signaling a partitive idea. Cf, eg, L-N, 63.20. Cf also Mt 14:20.+6:45Lit he.+6:45IT. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+6:46Lit to them. Cf TEV.+6:47ὀψίας ( opsias) is in P2 (see BART Display), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for primary focus and stress.+6:47Lit He.+6:48Lit around the fourth watch of the night. ME(H) (see note at Mt 14:25).+6:48Lit and wanted/intended. Koine Greek often uses parataxis in places where English may prefer hypotaxis (see BDAG, 494, sv καί 1.b.β.-ζ.; BDF, §471; Wallace, Grammar, 19; NET Bible Notes, Mk 10:28).+6:48Or pass by. In this context, παρέρχομαι ( parechomai) mostly likely means “come to” or “join,” rather than “pass by” (see UBSHS [Mk], 213). Cf Lk 12:37 and 17:7 (where παρέρχομαι is used).+6:49Lit they.+6:49φάντασμά ( phantasma) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has thus been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+6:50πάντες ( pantes) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+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.+6:51λίαν [ ἐκ περισσοῦ] ( lian [ek perissou]) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an extra adjective has been used to give extra focus to this element.+6:53IT. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+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.+6:55ἐπὶ τοῖς κραβάττοις ( epi tois krabattois) and τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας ( tous kakōs echontas) are in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore commas have been used to give extra focus to ἐπὶ τοῖς κραβάττοις, which has itself been used as a spacer to give extra focus to τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας.+6:55κακῶς ( kakōs) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+6:56Lit they. This is an indefinite plural.+6:56ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς ( en tais agorais) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus a comma has been used to give extra focus to this constituent.+6:56κἂν τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου ( kan tou kraspedou tou himatiou) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and thus an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this constituent. Cf Mk 5:28.+6:56Lit the tassel. ME(OTB)/IT (see note at Mt 14:36). Cf Nu 15:37-41, Dt 22:12.
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