Matius 2:8

2:8 He ¹  sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”

Matius 12:29

12:29 How ²  else can someone enter a strong man’s ³  house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house. ⁴ 

Matius 24:29

The Arrival of the Son of Man

24:29 “Immediately ⁵  after the suffering ⁶  of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. ⁷ 

[2:8]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[12:29]  ² tn Grk “Or how can.”

[12:29]  ³ sn The strong man here pictures Satan.

[12:29]  ⁴ sn Some see the imagery here as similar to Eph 4:7-10, although no opponents are explicitly named in that passage. Jesus has the victory over Satan. Jesus’ acts of healing mean that the war is being won and the kingdom is coming.

[24:29]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[24:29]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

[24:29]  ⁷ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.