Matius 3:14

3:14 But John ¹  tried to prevent ²  him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

Matius 11:12

11:12 From ³  the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it. ⁴ 

Matius 21:46

21:46 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds ⁵  regarded him as a prophet.

Matius 26:59

26:59 The ⁶  chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

[3:14]  ¹ tc ‡ The earliest mss (א* B sa) lack the name of John here (“but he tried to prevent him,” instead of “but John tried to prevent him”). It is, however, clearly implied (and is thus supplied in translation). Although the longer reading has excellent support (Ì⁹⁶ א¹ C D^s L W 0233 0250 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat[t] sy mae bo), it looks to be a motivated and predictable reading: Scribes apparently could not resist adding this clarification.

[3:14]  ² tn The imperfect verb has been translated conatively.

[11:12]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[11:12]  ⁴ tn Or “the kingdom of heaven is forcibly entered and violent people take hold of it.” For a somewhat different interpretation of this passage, see the note on the phrase “urged to enter in” in Luke 16:16.

[21:46]  ⁵ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the crowds) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Both previous occurrences of “they” in this verse refer to the chief priests and the Pharisees.

[26:59]  ⁶ tn Grk “Now the.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.