translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: MRK

label: NET study note

text: See the note on Pharisees in 2:16 .


text: Verses 3-4 represent parenthetical remarks by the author, giving background information.


text: A quotation from Isa 29:13 .


text: A quotation from Exod 20:12 ; Deut 5:16 .


text: A quotation from Exod 21:17 ; Lev 20:9 .


text: Corban is a Hebrew loanword (transliterated in the Greek text and in most modern English translations) referring to something that has been set aside as a gift to be given to God at some later date, but which is still in the possession of the owner (L&N 53.22). According to contemporary Jewish tradition the person who made this claim was absolved from responsibility to support or assist his parents, a clear violation of the Mosaic law to honor one’s parents (v. 10 ).


text: This is a parenthetical note by the author.


text: Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.


text: The Decapolis refers to a league of towns (originally consisting of ten; the Greek name literally means “ten towns”) whose region (except for Scythopolis) lay across the Jordan River.


text: After spitting, he touched his tongue. It was not uncommon in Judaism of the day to associate curative powers with a person’s saliva. The scene as a whole reflects Jesus’ willingness to get close to people and have physical contact with them where appropriate. See W. L. Lane, Mark (NICNT) , 267 n. 78.


text: The author’s parenthetical note gives the meaning of the Aramaic word Ephphatha .