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Mark 04 General Notes
Structure and Format
Some translations prefer to set apart quotations of the Old Testament. The ULB and many other English translations indent all the lines of 4:12, which is a quotation from the Old Testament.
4:3-10 forms one parable. The parable is explained in 4:14-23.
Special concepts in this chapter
Parables
There are many parables in this chapter. They are a way Jesus teaches about the kingdom of God. Jesus explains their meanings to the disciples, but not to the crowds.
Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
Implicit knowledge
Implicit knowledge is needed in several parts of this chapter. The UDB can be quite effective in helping the reader to understand unknown words and figures of speech. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)