Matius 4:23

Jesus’ Healing Ministry

4:23 Jesus ¹  went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, ²  preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.

Matius 6:20

6:20 But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

Matius 12:46

Jesus’ True Family

12:46 While Jesus ³  was still speaking to the crowds, ⁴  his mother and brothers ⁵  came and ⁶  stood outside, asking ⁷  to speak to him.

Matius 13:55

13:55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? ⁸  And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

Matius 14:23

14:23 And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

Matius 16:22

16:22 So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: ⁹  “God forbid, ¹⁰  Lord! This must not happen to you!”

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 ¹¹  of angels right now?

Matius 26:69

Peter’s Denials

26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A ¹²  slave girl ¹³  came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

[4:23]  ¹ tn Grk “And he.”

[4:23]  ² sn Synagogues were places for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (cf. Luke 8:41). Though the origin of the synagogue is not entirely clear, it seems to have arisen in the postexilic community during the intertestamental period. A town could establish a synagogue if there were at least ten men. In normative Judaism of the NT period, the OT scripture was read and discussed in the synagogue by the men who were present (see the Mishnah, m. Megillah 3-4; m. Berakhot 2).

[12:46]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:46]  ⁴ tn Grk “crowds, behold, his mother.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[12:46]  ⁵ sn The issue of whether Jesus had brothers (siblings) has had a long history in the church. Epiphanius, in the 4th century, argued that Mary was a perpetual virgin and had no offspring other than Jesus. Others argued that these brothers were really cousins. Nothing in the text suggests any of this. See also John 7:3.

[12:46]  ⁶ tn “His mother and brothers came and” is a translation of “behold, his mother and brothers came.”

[12:46]  ⁷ tn Grk “seeking.”

[13:55]  ⁸ sn The reference to Jesus as the carpenter’s son is probably derogatory, indicating that they knew Jesus only as a common laborer like themselves. The reference to his mother…Mary (even though Jesus’ father was probably dead by this point) appears to be somewhat derogatory, for a man was not regarded as his mother’s son in Jewish usage unless an insult was intended (cf. Judg 11:1-2; John 4:41; 8:41; 9:29).

[16:22]  ⁹ tn Grk “began to rebuke him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[16:22]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Merciful to you.” A highly elliptical expression: “May God be merciful to you in sparing you from having to undergo [some experience]” (L&N 88.78). A contemporary English equivalent is “God forbid!”

[26:53]  ¹¹ sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so twelve legions would be 72,000.

[26:69]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:69]  ¹³ tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.