Footnotes

1. Mark 8:31 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
2. Mark 8:31 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3. Mark 8:31 sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis, since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.
4. Mark 8:31 tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.
5. Mark 8:32 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate Peter’s rebuke is in response to Jesus’ teaching about the suffering of the Son of Man.
6. Mark 8:33 tn Grk “people’s.”