A: The Gospel of Mark was written in Greek, and while many people in Palestine could speak both, Mark anticipated that many of his Greek readers could not understand Aramaic terms.
J: Injili ya Marko iliandikwa kwa Kigiriki (Kiyunani), na ingawa watu wengi Palestina walikuwa wanaongea lugha zote mbili (Kigiriki na Kiaramu), Marko alitarajia kuwa wengi wa wasomaji wake Wagiriki wasingeyafahamu baadhi ya maneno ya Kiaramu.