Matius 20:13

20:13 And the landowner ¹  replied to one of them, ²  ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage? ³ 

Matius 20:2

20:2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, ⁴  he sent them into his vineyard.

1 Samuel 16:17

16:17 So Saul said to his servants, “Find ⁵  me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”

Mazmur 41:9

41:9 Even my close friend ⁶  whom I trusted,

he who shared meals with me, has turned against me. ⁷ 

Mazmur 55:13-14

55:13 But it is you, ⁸  a man like me, ⁹ 

my close friend in whom I confided. ¹⁰ 

55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; ¹¹ 

in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.

Lukas 22:48

22:48 But Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?” ¹² 

[20:13]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the landowner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:13]  ² tn Grk “And answering, he said to one of them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

[20:13]  ³ tn Grk “for a denarius a day.”

[20:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “agreeing with the workers for a denarius a day.”

[20:2]  sn The standard wage was a denarius a day. The denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wage for a laborer in Palestine in the 1st century.

[16:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “see.”

[41:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “man of my peace.” The phrase here refers to one’s trusted friend (see Jer 38:22; Obad 7).

[41:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “has made a heel great against me.” The precise meaning of this phrase, which appears only here, is uncertain.

[41:9]  sn The language of this verse is applied to Judas Iscariot in John 13:18.

[55:13]  ⁸ sn It is you. The psalmist addresses the apparent ringleader of the opposition, an individual who was once his friend.

[55:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “a man according to my value,” i.e., “a person such as I.”

[55:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my close friend, one known by me.”

[55:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “who together we would make counsel sweet.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the ongoing nature of the actions (the so-called customary use of the imperfect). Their relationship was characterized by such intimacy and friendship. See IBHS 502-3 §31.2b.

[22:48]  ¹² sn Jesus’ comment about betraying the Son of Man with a kiss shows the hypocrisy and blindness of an attempt to cover up sin. On “misused kisses” in the Bible, see Gen 27:26-27; 2 Sam 15:5; Prov 7:13; 27:6; and 2 Sam 20:9.