Exegesis:

idōn auton hoti ‘seeing him that’: by a construction fairly common in Greek, the subject of the clause which begins with hoti (in this case autos ‘he’) is drawn into the main clause as its object. Therefore, idōn auton hoti ‘seeing him that’ is the equivalent to idōn hoti autos ‘seeing that he.’ As Black points out, this lends emphasis to the displaced word.

nounechōs (only here in the N.T.) ‘wisely,’ ‘thoughtfully,’ ‘discreetly.’

ou makran ei apo tēs basileias tou theou ‘you are not far from the Kingdom of God’: here the Kingdom of God is thought of as a condition, or relationship, into which one enters here and now. Lagrange: “he almost has the necessary disposition to receive the Gospel.” Cf. Arndt & Gingrich: “you are almost ready to enter it.”

makran (only here in Mark) is an adverb ‘far (away).’

oudeis ouketi ‘no one any longer,’ ‘no one any more’ (for similar phrases cf. 5.3; 9.8).

etolma (15.43) ‘dared,’ ‘had the boldness,’ ‘ventured.’

Translation:

Saw is a normal type of verb from the standpoint of Greek and English, but in other languages one may be required to translate ‘realized’ or ‘recognized,’ to imply a mental reaction, not just a visual perception.

The rendering of he must refer to the scribe mentioned in verse 32. In some instances a noun will need to be substituted for this pronoun.

Wisely is translatable in some languages only by relating ‘wise’ to the person, e.g. ‘he was wise when he answered’ or to the words, e.g. ‘he answered with wise words.’

For kingdom of God see 1.15, 4.11, and 10.15.

No one dared to ask is equivalent in some languages to saying ‘everyone was afraid to ask’ (Tzeltal, South Bolivian Quechua).

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of Mark. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1961. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .