Darby Translation NotesMark 1

1:2 prophet, (c-8) Many read 'in the prophets.' My impression is that it was originally 'in the prophet' simply. way. (d-21) Mal. 3.1.

1:3 straight. (e-17) Isa. 40.3.

1:13 ministered (a-21) As Matt. 4.11, diakoneo.

1:15 in (b-18) 'Believe in,' &c. A rare form of expression. It refers to believing, in the truth of the substance of a thing. see 2Tim. 1.12.

1:18 trawl-nets (c-5) See Note, Matt. 4.20.

1:23 by (d-10) En. see Matt. 3.11, Note c. Not merely he had one, but he was completely under its power, characterized by it.

1:24 Eh! (e-2) The imperative of the verb 'to let alone,' but used as an interjection, as a cry of dissatisfaction. Nazarene? (f-11) The force of 'Nazarene' here is simply, I apprehend, 'of Nazareth.' The word is different from that translated 'Nazaraean' in Matt. 2.23 and elsewhere.

1:34 knew (a-25) Oida. had the inward consciousness of who he was. see Note, 1Cor. 8.1.

1:41 touched (b-11) 'To touch freely,' 'handle,' as Matt. 8.3.

1:45 came (c-36) The imperfect tense, 'were, or kept, coming to him.'