Matthew 10:41

10:41 Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever ¹  receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

Matthew 13:17

13:17 For I tell you the truth, ²  many prophets and righteous people longed to see ³  what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Matthew 23:34

23:34 “For this reason I ⁴  am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, ⁵  some of whom you will kill and crucify, ⁶  and some you will flog ⁷  in your synagogues ⁸  and pursue from town to town,

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¹ tn Grk “And whoever.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

² tn Grk “truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.”

³ sn This is what past prophets and righteous people had wanted very much to see, yet the fulfillment had come to the disciples. This remark is like 1 Pet 1:10-12 or Heb 1:1-2.

⁴ tn Grk “behold I am sending.” 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).

⁵ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

⁶ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

⁷ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

⁸ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.