Matius 4:7

4:7 Jesus said to him, “Once again it is written: ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’” ¹ 

Matius 5:9

5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children ²  of God.

Matius 7:28

7:28 When ³  Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching,

Matius 9:21

9:21 For she kept saying to herself, ⁴  “If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed.” ⁵ 

Matius 14:1

The Death of John the Baptist

14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch ⁶  heard reports about Jesus,

Matius 20:11

20:11 When ⁷  they received it, they began to complain ⁸  against the landowner,

Matius 22:6

22:6 The ⁹  rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.

Matius 22:20

22:20 Jesus ¹⁰  said to them, “Whose image ¹¹  is this, and whose inscription?”

Matius 22:41

The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord

22:41 While ¹²  the Pharisees ¹³  were assembled, Jesus asked them a question: ¹⁴ 

Matius 23:24

23:24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel! ¹⁵ 

Matius 24:12

24:12 and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.

Matius 26:19

26:19 So ¹⁶  the disciples did as Jesus had instructed them, and they prepared the Passover.

Matius 27:30

27:30 They ¹⁷  spat on him and took the staff ¹⁸  and struck him repeatedly ¹⁹  on the head.

Matius 28:4

28:4 The ²⁰  guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.

[4:7]  ¹ sn A quotation from Deut 6:16.

[5:9]  ² tn Grk “sons,” though traditionally English versions have taken this as a generic reference to both males and females, hence “children” (cf. KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT).

[7:28]  ³ tn Grk “And it happened when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[9:21]  ⁴ tn The imperfect verb is here taken iteratively, for the context suggests that the woman was trying to find the courage to touch Jesus’ cloak.

[9:21]  ⁵ tn Grk “saved.”

[9:21]  sn In this pericope the author uses a term for being healed (Grk “saved”) that would have spiritual significance to his readers. It may be a double entendre (cf. parallel in Mark 5:28 which uses the same term), since elsewhere he uses verbs that simply mean “heal”: If only the reader would “touch” Jesus, he too would be “saved.”

[14:1]  ⁶ sn A tetrarch, a ruler with rank and authority lower than a king, ruled only with the approval of the Roman authorities. This was roughly equivalent to being governor of a region. Several times in the NT, Herod, tetrarch of Galilee, is called a king (Matt 14:9, Mark 6:14-29), reflecting popular usage rather than an official title.

[20:11]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[20:11]  ⁸ tn The imperfect verb ἐγόγγυζον (egonguzon) has been translated ingressively.

[22:6]  ⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[22:20]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[22:20]  ¹¹ tn Or “whose likeness.”

[22:20]  sn In this passage Jesus points to the image (Grk εἰκών, eikwn) of Caesar on the coin. This same Greek word is used in Gen 1:26 (LXX) to state that humanity is made in the “image” of God. Jesus is making a subtle yet powerful contrast: Caesar’s image is on the denarius, so he can lay claim to money through taxation, but God’s image is on humanity, so he can lay claim to each individual life.

[22:41]  ¹² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[22:41]  ¹³ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[22:41]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “asked them a question, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is somewhat redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[23:24]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “Blind guides who strain out a gnat yet who swallow a camel!”

[26:19]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[27:30]  ¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[27:30]  ¹⁸ tn Or “the reed.”

[27:30]  ¹⁹ tn The verb here has been translated as an iterative imperfect.

[28:4]  ²⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.