NLT NOTES
1:1 Greek Jesus the Messiah, Son of David and son of Abraham.
1:3 Greek Aram, a variant spelling of Ram; also in 1:4. See 1 Chr 2:9-10.
1:7 Greek Asaph, a variant spelling of Asa; also in 1:8. See 1 Chr 3:10.
1:8a Greek Joram, a variant spelling of Jehoram; also in 1:8b. See 1 Kgs 22:50 and note at 1 Chr 3:11.
1:8b Or ancestor; also in 1:11.
1:10 Greek Amos, a variant spelling of Amon; also in 1:10b. See 1 Chr 3:14.
1:11 Greek Jeconiah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin; also in 1:12. See 2 Kgs 24:6 and note at 1 Chr 3:16.
1:19 Greek to divorce her.
1:21 Jesus means “The LORD saves.”
1:23 Isa 7:14; 8:8, 10 (Greek version).
2:1 Or royal astrologers; Greek reads magi; also in 2:7, 16.
2:2 Or star in the east.
2:6a Greek the rulers.
2:6b Mic 5:2; 2 Sam 5:2.
2:15 Hos 11:1.
2:18 Jer 31:15.
3:2 Or has come, or is coming soon.
3:3 Isa 40:3 (Greek version).
3:7 Or coming to be baptized.
3:11a Or in.
3:11b Or in the Holy Spirit and in fire.
3:15 Or for we must fulfill all righteousness.
3:16 Some manuscripts read opened to him.
4:3 Greek the tempter.
4:4 Deut 8:3.
4:6 Ps 91:11-12.
4:7 Deut 6:16.
4:10 Deut 6:13.
4:15-16 Isa 9:1-2 (Greek version).
4:17 Or has come, or is coming soon.
4:25 Greek Decapolis.
5:3 Greek poor in spirit.
5:6 Or for righteousness.
5:21 Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17.
5:22a Some manuscripts add without cause.
5:22b Greek uses an Aramaic term of contempt: If you say to your brother, ‘Raca.’
5:22c Greek if you say, ‘You fool.’
5:22d Greek Gehenna; also in 5:29, 30.
5:23 Greek gift; also in 5:24.
5:26 Greek the last kodrantes [i.e., quadrans].
5:27 Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18.
5:29 Greek your right eye.
5:30 Greek your right hand.
5:31 Deut 24:1.
5:33 Num 30:2.
5:38 Greek the law that says: ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ Exod 21:24; Lev 24:20; Deut 19:21.
5:41 Greek milion [4,854 feet or 1,478 meters].
5:43 Lev 19:18.
5:44 Some manuscripts add Bless those who curse you. Do good to those who hate you. Compare Luke 6:27-28.
5:47 Greek your brothers.
6:11 Or Give us today our food for the day; or Give us today our food for tomorrow.
6:13a Or And keep us from being tested.
6:13b Or from evil. Some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
6:17 Greek anoint your head.
6:33 Some manuscripts do not include of God.
7:2a Or For God will judge you as you judge others.
7:2b Or The measure you give will be the measure you get back.
7:3 Greek your brother’s eye; also in 7:5.
7:4 Greek your brother.
7:6 Greek Don’t give the sacred to dogs.
7:13 Greek The road that leads to destruction.
8:4 See Lev 14:2-32.
8:5 Greek a centurion; similarly in 8:8, 13.
8:6 Or child; also in 8:13.
8:17 Isa 53:4.
8:20 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
8:22 Greek Let the dead bury their own dead.
8:28 Other manuscripts read Gerasenes; still others read Gergesenes. Compare Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26.
9:4 Some manuscripts read saw.
9:6 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
9:11 Greek with tax collectors and sinners?
9:13 Hos 6:6 (Greek version).
9:14 Some manuscripts read fast often.
10:1 Greek unclean.
10:3 Other manuscripts read Lebbaeus; still others read Lebbaeus who is called Thaddaeus.
10:4 Greek the Cananean, an Aramaic term for Jewish nationalists.
10:7 Or has come, or is coming soon.
10:18 Or But this will be your testimony against the rulers and other unbelievers.
10:22 Greek on account of my name.
10:23 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
10:24 Or Disciples.
10:25 Greek Beelzeboul; other manuscripts read Beezeboul; Latin version reads Beelzebub.
10:28 Greek Gehenna.
10:29 Greek one assarion [i.e., one “as,” a Roman coin equal to 1/16 of a denarius].
10:35-36 Mic 7:6.
10:41 Greek receive a prophet in the name of a prophet.
11:3 Greek Are you the one who is coming?
11:6 Or who are not offended by me.
11:10 Mal 3:1.
11:12 Or the Kingdom of Heaven has suffered from violence.
11:14 See Mal 4:5.
11:19 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
11:23 Greek to Hades.
12:7 Hos 6:6 (Greek version).
12:8 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
12:18-21 Isa 42:1-4 (Greek version for 42:4).
12:24 Greek Beelzeboul; also in 12:27. Other manuscripts read Beezeboul; Latin version reads Beelzebub.
12:42 Greek The queen of the south.
12:43 Greek unclean.
12:47 Some manuscripts do not include verse 47. Compare Mark 3:32 and Luke 8:20.
13:11 Greek the mysteries.
13:14-15 Isa 6:9-10 (Greek version).
13:35 Some manuscripts do not include of the world. Ps 78:2.
13:37 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
13:39 Or the age; also in 13:40, 49.
13:55 Other manuscripts read Joses; still others read John.
14:1 Greek Herod the tetrarch. Herod Antipas was a son of King Herod and was ruler over Galilee.
14:25 Greek In the fourth watch of the night.
14:27 Or The ‘I AM’ is here; Greek reads I am. See Exod 3:14.
14:30 Some manuscripts do not include strong.
15:4a Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16.
15:4b Exod 21:17 (Greek version); Lev 20:9 (Greek version).
15:6 Greek their father; other manuscripts read their father or their mother.
15:8-9 Isa 29:13 (Greek version).
15:22 Greek Canaanite.
16:2-3 Several manuscripts do not include any of the words in 16:2-3 after He replied.
16:4 Greek the sign of Jonah.
16:13 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
16:16 Or the Christ. Messiah (a Hebrew term) and Christ (a Greek term) both mean “anointed one.”
16:17 Greek Simon bar-Jonah; see John 1:42; 21:15-17.
16:18a Greek that you are Peter.
16:18b Greek and the gates of Hades.
16:19a Or bind, or lock.
16:19b Or loose, or open.
16:21 Some manuscripts read Jesus the Messiah.
16:22 Or began to correct him.
16:26 Or your self? also in 16:26b.
17:4 Greek three tabernacles.
17:9 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
17:10 Greek that Elijah must come first?
17:20 [17:21 note] Some manuscripts add verse 21, But this kind of demon won’t leave except by prayer and fasting. Compare Mark 9:29.
17:24 Greek the two-drachma [tax]; also in 17:24b. See Exod 30:13-16; Neh 10:32-33.
17:25a Greek Simon?
17:25b Greek their sons or others?
17:27 Greek a stater [a Greek coin equivalent to four drachmas].
18:5 Greek in my name.
18:9 Greek the Gehenna of fire.
18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11, And the Son of Man came to save those who are lost. Compare Luke 19:10.
18:15a Greek If your brother.
18:15b Some manuscripts do not include against you.
18:18a Or bind, or lock.
18:18b Or loose, or open.
18:20 Greek gather together in my name.
18:21 Greek my brother.
18:22 Or seventy-seven times.
18:24 Greek 10,000 talents [375 tons or 340 metric tons of silver].
18:28 Greek 100 denarii. A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.
18:35 Greek your brother.
19:4 Gen 1:27; 5:2.
19:5 Gen 2:24.
19:7 See Deut 24:1.
19:9 Some manuscripts add And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. Compare Matt 5:32.
19:12 Greek and some make themselves eunuchs.
19:16 Some manuscripts read Good Teacher.
19:17 Some manuscripts read continue to keep.
19:18-19 Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20; Lev 19:18.
19:28a Or in the regeneration.
19:28b “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
19:30 Greek But many who are first will be last; and the last, first.
20:2 Greek a denarius, the payment for a full day’s labor; similarly in 20:9, 10, 13.
20:18 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
20:19 Greek the Gentiles.
21:5a Greek Tell the daughter of Zion. Isa 62:11.
21:5b Zech 9:9.
21:7 Greek over them, and he sat on them.
21:9a Greek Hosanna, an exclamation of praise that literally means “save now”; also in 21:9b, 15.
21:9b Pss 118:25-26; 148:1.
21:13 Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11.
21:16 Ps 8:2 (Greek version).
21:29-31 Other manuscripts read “The second.” In still other manuscripts the first son says “Yes” but does nothing, the second son says “No” but then repents and goes, and the answer to Jesus’ question is that the second son obeyed his father.
21:42 Ps 118:22-23.
21:44 This verse is not included in some early manuscripts. Compare Luke 20:18.
22:19 Greek a denarius.
22:24 Deut 25:5-6.
22:31 Greek read about this? God said.
22:32 Exod 3:6.
22:37 Deut 6:5.
22:39 Lev 19:18.
22:44 Ps 110:1.
23:2 Greek and the Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses.
23:5 Greek They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
23:7 Rabbi, from Aramaic, means “master” or “teacher.”
23:8 Greek brothers.
23:13 Some manuscripts add verse 14, What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! You shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, you will be severely punished. Compare Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.
23:15 Greek of Gehenna; also in 23:33.
23:23 Greek tithe the mint, the dill, and the cumin.
23:24 See Lev 11:4, 23, where gnats and camels are both forbidden as food.
23:26 Some manuscripts do not include and the dish.
23:38 Some manuscripts do not include and desolate.
23:39 Ps 118:26.
24:3 Or the age?
24:9 Greek on account of my name.
24:14 Or all peoples.
24:15 Greek the abomination of desolation. See Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11.
24:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
24:28 Greek Wherever the carcass is, the vultures gather.
24:29 See Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10.
24:30 See Dan 7:13.
24:31 Greek from the four winds.
24:34 Or this age, or this nation.
24:36 Some manuscripts do not include or the Son himself.
25:1 Or virgins; also in 25:7, 11.
25:15 Greek talents; also throughout the story. A talent is equal to 75 pounds or 34 kilograms.
25:21 Greek Enter into the joy of your master [or your Lord]; also in 25:23.
25:31 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
25:32 Or peoples.
25:40 Greek my brothers.
25:41 Greek his angels.
26:2 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
26:7 Or reclining.
26:20 Or Jesus reclined.
26:28 Some manuscripts read the new covenant.
26:31 Greek I will strike. Zech 13:7.
26:42 Greek If this cannot pass.
26:53 Greek twelve legions.
26:59 Greek the Sanhedrin.
26:64a Greek seated at the right hand of the power. See Ps 110:1.
26:64b See Dan 7:13.
26:71 Or Jesus the Nazarene.
27:6 Greek since it is the price for blood.
27:9 Or I took.
27:9-10 Greek as the LORD directed me. Zech 11:12-13; Jer 32:6-9.
27:16 Some manuscripts read Jesus Barabbas; also in 27:17.
27:25 Greek “His blood be on us and on our children.”
27:27 Or into the Praetorium.
27:32 Cyrene was a city in northern Africa.
27:35 Greek by casting lots. A few late manuscripts add This fulfilled the word of the prophet: “They divided my garments among themselves and cast lots for my robe.” See Ps 22:18.
27:38 Or criminals; also in 27:44.
27:46a Some manuscripts read Eloi, Eloi.
27:46b Ps 22:1.
27:49 Some manuscripts add And another took a spear and pierced his side, and out flowed water and blood. Compare John 19:34.
27:54 Greek The centurion.
27:62 Or On the next day, which is after the Preparation.
28:1 Greek After the Sabbath, on the first day of the week.
28:19 Or all peoples.
1:1 Some manuscripts do not include the Son of God.
1:2 Mal 3:1.
1:3 Isa 40:3 (Greek version).
1:8 Or in; also in 1:8b.
1:10 Or toward him, or into him.
1:14 Some manuscripts read the Good News of the Kingdom of God.
1:16 Simon is called “Peter” in 3:16 and thereafter.
1:23 Greek unclean; also in 1:26, 27.
1:41 Some manuscripts read Moved with anger.
1:44 See Lev 14:2-32.
2:10 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
2:16a Greek the scribes of the Pharisees.
2:16b Greek with tax collectors and sinners?
3:11 Greek unclean; also in 3:30.
3:14 Some manuscripts do not include and called them his apostles.
3:17 Greek whom he named Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder.
3:18 Greek the Cananean, an Aramaic term for Jewish nationalists.
3:22 Greek Beelzeboul; other manuscripts read Beezeboul; Latin version reads Beelzebub.
3:32 Some manuscripts add and sisters.
4:11 Greek mystery.
4:12 Isa 6:9-10 (Greek version).
4:24 Or The measure you give will be the measure you get back.
5:1 Other manuscripts read Gadarenes; still others read Gergesenes. See Matt 8:28; Luke 8:26.
5:2 Greek unclean; also in 5:8, 13.
5:20 Greek Decapolis.
5:36 Or ignored.
6:3a Some manuscripts read He’s just the son of the carpenter and of Mary.
6:3b Most manuscripts read Joses; see Matt 13:55.
6:7 Greek unclean.
6:8 Greek no copper coins in their money belts.
6:14 Some manuscripts read He was saying.
6:22 Some manuscripts read the daughter of Herodias herself.
6:37 Greek It would take 200 denarii. A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.
6:44 Some manuscripts read fed from the loaves.
6:48 Greek About the fourth watch of the night.
6:50 Or The ‘I AM’ is here; Greek reads I am. See Exod 3:14.
7:3 Greek have washed with the fist.
7:4a Some manuscripts read sprinkle themselves.
7:4b Some manuscripts add and dining couches.
7:7 Isa 29:13 (Greek version).
7:10a Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16.
7:10b Exod 21:17 (Greek version); Lev 20:9 (Greek version).
7:11 Greek ‘What I would have given to you is Corban’ (that is, a gift).
7:15 [7:16 note] Some manuscripts add verse 16, Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand. Compare 4:9, 23.
7:24 Some manuscripts add and Sidon.
7:25 Greek unclean.
7:27 Greek Let the children eat first.
7:31 Greek Decapolis.
8:18 Jer 5:21.
8:29 Or the Christ. Messiah (a Hebrew term) and Christ (a Greek term) both mean “anointed one.”
8:31 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
8:32 Or began to correct him.
8:36 Or your self? also in 8:37.
9:5 Greek three tabernacles.
9:9 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
9:11 Greek that Elijah must come first?
9:18 Or becomes weak.
9:19 Or said to his disciples.
9:25 Greek unclean.
9:29 Some manuscripts read by prayer and fasting.
9:37 Greek in my name.
9:43a [9:44, 46, 48 note] Greek Gehenna; also in 9:45, 47.
9:43b Some manuscripts add verse 44, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’ See 9:48.
9:45 Some manuscripts add verse 46, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’ See 9:48.
9:48 Isa 66:24.
9:49 Greek salted with fire; other manuscripts add and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
10:4 See Deut 24:1.
10:6 Gen 1:27; 5:2.
10:7 Some manuscripts do not include and is joined to his wife.
10:7-8 Gen 2:24.
10:19 Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20.
10:24 Some manuscripts read very hard for those who trust in riches.
10:31 Greek But many who are first will be last; and the last, first.
10:33a “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
10:33b Greek the Gentiles.
10:51 Greek uses the Hebrew term Rabboni.
10:52 Or on the way.
11:9 Greek Hosanna, an exclamation of praise that literally means “save now”; also in 11:10.
11:9-10 Pss 118:25-26; 148:1.
11:16 Or from carrying merchandise through the Temple.
11:17 Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11.
11:19 Greek they left; other manuscripts read he left.
11:25 [11:26 note] Some manuscripts add verse 26, But if you refuse to forgive, your Father in heaven will not forgive your sins. Compare Matt 6:15.
12:10-11 Ps 118:22-23.
12:12 Greek They.
12:15 Greek a denarius.
12:19 See Deut 25:5-6.
12:26a Greek in the story of the bush? God said to him.
12:26b Exod 3:6.
12:29-30 Deut 6:4-5.
12:31 Lev 19:18.
12:36 Ps 110:1.
12:42 Greek two lepta, which is a kodrantes [i.e., a quadrans].
13:6 Greek claiming, ‘I am.’
13:9 Or But this will be your testimony against them.
13:10 Or all peoples.
13:13 Greek on account of my name.
13:14a Greek the abomination of desolation. See Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11.
13:14b Or it.
13:24-25 See Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10.
13:26a “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
13:26b See Dan 7:13.
13:27 Greek from the four winds.
13:30 Or this age, or this nation.
13:33 Some manuscripts add and pray.
14:3 Or reclining.
14:5 Greek for 300 denarii. A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.
14:18 Or As they reclined.
14:21 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
14:24 Some manuscripts read the new covenant.
14:27 Greek I will strike. Zech 13:7.
14:36 Abba is an Aramaic term for “father.”
14:55 Greek the Sanhedrin.
14:62a Or The ‘I AM’ is here; or I am the LORD. See Exod 3:14.
14:62b Greek seated at the right hand of the power. See Ps 110:1.
14:62c See Dan 7:13.
14:67 Or Jesus the Nazarene.
14:68 Some manuscripts do not include Just then, a rooster crowed.
15:1 Greek the Sanhedrin; also in 15:43.
15:21 Cyrene was a city in northern Africa.
15:24 Greek cast lots. See Ps 22:18.
15:27a Or Two criminals.
15:27b [15:28 note] Some manuscripts add verse 28, And the Scripture was fulfilled that said, “He was counted among those who were rebels.” See Isa 53:12; also compare Luke 22:37.
15:34 Ps 22:1.
15:39a Greek the centurion; similarly in 15:44, 45.
15:39b Some manuscripts add heard his cry and.
15:40 Greek Joses; also in 15:47. See Matt 27:56.
15:42 Greek It was the day of preparation.
16:2 Greek on the first day of the week; also in 16:9.
16:6 Or Jesus the Nazarene.
16:8 The most reliable early manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark end at verse 8. Other manuscripts include various endings to the Gospel. A few include both the “shorter ending” and the “longer ending.” The majority of manuscripts include the “longer ending” immediately after verse 8.
16:14 Some early manuscripts add: And they excused themselves, saying, “This age of lawlessness and unbelief is under Satan, who does not permit God’s truth and power to conquer the evil [unclean] spirits. Therefore, reveal your justice now.” This is what they said to Christ. And Christ replied to them, “The period of years of Satan’s power has been fulfilled, but other dreadful things will happen soon. And I was handed over to death for those who have sinned, so that they may return to the truth and sin no more, and so they may inherit the spiritual, incorruptible, and righteous glory in heaven.”
16:17 Or new tongues; some manuscripts do not include new.