Matius 3:7

3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees ¹  and Sadducees ²  coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Matius 11:23

11:23 And you, Capernaum, ³  will you be exalted to heaven? ⁴  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! ⁵  For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

Matius 13:23

13:23 But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.” ⁶ 

Matius 14:13

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

14:13 Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, ⁷  they followed him on foot from the towns. ⁸ 

Matius 14:15

14:15 When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, “This is an isolated place ⁹  and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

Matius 21:15

21:15 But when the chief priests and the experts in the law ¹⁰  saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, ¹¹  “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

[3:7]  ¹ sn Pharisees were members of one of the most important and influential religious and political parties of Judaism in the time of Jesus. There were more Pharisees than Sadducees (according to Josephus, Ant. 17.2.4 [17.42] there were more than 6,000 Pharisees at about this time). Pharisees differed with Sadducees on certain doctrines and patterns of behavior. The Pharisees were strict and zealous adherents to the laws of the OT and to numerous additional traditions such as angels and bodily resurrection.

[3:7]  ² sn The Sadducees controlled the official political structures of Judaism at this time, being the majority members of the Sanhedrin. They were known as extremely strict on law and order issues (Josephus, J. W. 2.8.2 [2.119], 2.8.14 [2.164-166]; Ant. 13.5.9 [13.171-173], 13.10.6 [13.293-298], 18.1.2 [18.11], 18.1.4 [18.16-17], 20.9.1 [20.199]; Life 2 [10-11]). See also Matt 16:1-12; 22:23-34; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-38; Acts 5:17; 23:6-8.

[11:23]  ³ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

[11:23]  map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

[11:23]  ⁴ tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.

[11:23]  ⁵ sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Luke 10:15; 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).

[13:23]  ⁶ tn The Greek is difficult to translate because it switches from a generic “he” to three people within this generic class (thus, something like: “Who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one instance a hundred times, in another, sixty times, in another, thirty times”).

[14:13]  ⁷ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[14:13]  ⁸ tn Or “cities.”

[14:15]  ⁹ tn Or “a desert” (meaning a deserted or desolate area with sparse vegetation).

[21:15]  ¹⁰ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[21:15]  ¹¹ tn Grk “crying out in the temple [courts] and saying.” The participle λέγοντας (legontas) is somewhat redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.