Footnotes

1. Mark 2:4 sn A house in 1st century Palestine would have had a flat roof with stairs or a ladder going up. This access was often from the outside of the house.
2. Mark 2:4 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3. Mark 2:4 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
4. Mark 2:5 sn The plural pronoun their makes it clear that Jesus was responding to the faith of the entire group, not just the paralyzed man.
5. Mark 2:5 sn The passive voice here is a divine passive (ExSyn 437). It is clear that God does the forgiving.
6. Mark 2:6 tn Or “some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.
7. Mark 2:6 tn Grk “Reasoning within their hearts.”