Mark 14:16-18

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Mark 14:16 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the flow within the narrative.
2. Mark 14:16 tn Grk “and came.”
3. Mark 14:16 sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.
4. Mark 14:17 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
5. Mark 14:17 tn The prepositional phrase “to the house” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied for clarity.
6. Mark 14:18 tn Grk “while they were reclined at the table.”sn 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.
7. Mark 14:18 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
8. Mark 14:18 tn Or “will hand me over”; Grk “one of you will betray me, the one who eats with me.”