Matius 7:27

7:27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!” ¹ 

Matius 11:19

11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him, ²  a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors ³  and sinners!’ ⁴  But wisdom is vindicated ⁵  by her deeds.” ⁶ 

Matius 15:28

15:28 Then ⁷  Jesus answered her, “Woman, ⁸  your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

Matius 16:18

16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades ⁹  will not overpower it.

Matius 23:37

Judgment on Israel

23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ¹⁰  you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! ¹¹  How often I have longed ¹²  to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but ¹³  you would have none of it! ¹⁴ 

Matius 24:29

The Arrival of the Son of Man

24:29 “Immediately ¹⁵  after the suffering ¹⁶  of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. ¹⁷ 

[7:27]  ¹ tn Grk “and great was its fall.”

[11:19]  ² tn Grk “Behold a man.”

[11:19]  ³ sn See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

[11:19]  ⁴ sn Neither were they happy with Jesus (the Son of Man), even though he was the opposite of John and associated freely with people like tax collectors and sinners. Either way, God’s messengers were subject to complaint.

[11:19]  ⁵ tn Or “shown to be right.”

[11:19]  ⁶ tc Most witnesses (B² C D L Θ Ë¹ 33 Ï lat) have “children” (τέκνων, teknwn) here instead of “deeds” (ἔργων, ergwn), but since “children” is the reading of the parallel in Luke 7:35, scribes would be motivated to convert the less colorful “deeds” into more animate offspring of wisdom. Further, ἔργων enjoys support from א B* W (˹³) as well as early versional and patristic support.

[15:28]  ⁷ tn Grk “Then answering, Jesus said to her.” This expression has been simplified in the translation.

[15:28]  ⁸ sn Woman was a polite form of address (see BDAG 208-9 s.v. γυνή 1), similar to “Madam” or “Ma’am” used in English in different regions.

[16:18]  ⁹ tn Or “and the power of death” (taking the reference to the gates of Hades as a metonymy).

[16:18]  sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Matt 11:23; Luke 16:23; Rev 20:13-14). Some translations render this by its modern equivalent, “hell”; others see it as a reference to the power of death.

[23:37]  ¹⁰ sn The double use of the city’s name betrays intense emotion.

[23:37]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[23:37]  ¹¹ tn Although the opening address (“Jerusalem, Jerusalem”) is direct (second person), the remainder of this sentence in the Greek text is third person (“who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her”). The following sentences then revert to second person (“your… you”), so to keep all this consistent in English, the third person pronouns in the present verse were translated as second person (“you who kill… sent to you”).

[23:37]  ¹² sn How often I have longed to gather your children. Jesus, like a lamenting prophet, speaks for God here, who longed to care tenderly for Israel and protect her.

[23:37]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[23:37]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “you were not willing.”

[24:29]  ¹⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[24:29]  ¹⁶ tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

[24:29]  ¹⁷ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.