Matius 3:15

3:15 So Jesus replied ¹  to him, “Let it happen now, ²  for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John ³  yielded ⁴  to him.

Matius 11:12

11:12 From ⁵  the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it. ⁶ 

Matius 23:39

23:39 For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” ⁷ 

Matius 26:53

26:53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions ⁸  of angels right now?

[3:15]  ¹ tn Grk “but Jesus, answering, said.” This construction with passive participle and finite verb is pleonastic (redundant) and has been simplified in the translation to “replied to him.”

[3:15]  ² tn Grk “Permit now.”

[3:15]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:15]  ⁴ tn Or “permitted him.”

[11:12]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[11:12]  ⁶ 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.

[23:39]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Ps 118:26.

[26:53]  ⁸ sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so twelve legions would be 72,000.