Key phrases in Gospel of Mark

Key phrases in the Gospel of Mark, particularly for young student learning to read, include:

* translating more accurately as "puppies" rather than as "dogs" - "puppies" is particularly amusing to a child
* translating as "students" rather than the arcane "disciples"
* translating as "Son as man" rather than as "Son of Man"
* translating as "Holy Messengers" rather than as "angels"
* translating as "grape juice" rather than as "wine" at Mark 15:23
* translating as "gambling" rather than the archaic "casting lots" at Mark 15:24[1]
* finishing at Mark 16:8 , as early manuscripts do, without the dubious references to disbelief and an unfortunate reference to handling deadly snakes and drinking deadly poison
* translating as "no man" rather than "no one" (Greek uses the masculine form) with whom the women did not communicate after visiting the empty tomb[2]

## Contents

* 1 More debatable
* 2 Parts amusing to a young reader
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## More debatable[edit]

* translating as "Divine Guide" rather than "Holy Spirit"
* whether to allow phonetic expressions of ancient and/or Aramaic terms, or impose non-phonetic pronunciations of them.

## Parts amusing to a young reader[edit]

* the reference to puppies getting the scraps
* the dousing of Jesus with the expensive oil, and how others complained about it
* Jesus telling people to leave a house
* Jesus's own family turning against him because they thought he was losing his mind

## See also[edit]

* Gospel of Mark (Translated)

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Biblehub \- out of dozens of English translations, only the Contemporary English Version uses the modern term "gambled".
2. ↑ https://biblehub.com/mark/16-8.htm#lexicon

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