Matthew 1:20

1:20 When he had contemplated this, an 1  angel of the Lord 2  appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 4:6

4:6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you’ 3  and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” 4 

Matthew 16:21

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

16:21 From that time on 5  Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem 6  and suffer 7  many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, 8  and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

Matthew 17:20

17:20 He told them, “It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, 9  if you have faith the size of 10  a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing 11  will be impossible for you.”

Matthew 27:64

27:64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body 12  and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

1 tn Grk “behold, an angel.” 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).

2 tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” Linguistically, “angel of the Lord” is the same in both testaments (and thus, he is either “an angel of the Lord” or “the angel of the Lord” in both testaments). For arguments and implications, see ExSyn 252; M. J. Davidson, “Angels,” DJG, 9; W. G. MacDonald argues for “an angel” in both testaments: “Christology and ‘The Angel of the Lord’,” Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation, 324-35.

3 sn A quotation from Ps 91:11. This was not so much an incorrect citation as a use in a wrong context (a misapplication of the passage).

4 sn A quotation from Ps 91:12.

5 tn Grk “From then.”

6 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

7 sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

8 tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

9 tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

10 tn Grk “faith as,” “faith like.”

11 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

12 tn Grk “him.”