Matthew 11:12

11:12 From 1  the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it. 2 

Matthew 17:1

The Transfiguration

17:1 Six days later 3  Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, 4  and led them privately up a high mountain.

Matthew 23:30

23:30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, 5  we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Matthew 24:38

24:38 For in those days before the flood, people 6  were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

Matthew 26:2

26:2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over 7  to be crucified.” 8 

Matthew 27:40

27:40 and saying, “You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! 9  If you are God’s Son, come down 10  from the cross!”

Matthew 27:63

27:63 and said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

2 tn Or “the kingdom of heaven is forcibly entered and violent people take hold of it.” For a somewhat different interpretation of this passage, see the note on the phrase “urged to enter in” in Luke 16:16.

3 tn Grk “And after six days.”

4 tn Grk “John his brother” with “his” referring to James.

5 tn Grk “fathers” (so also in v. 32).

6 tn Grk “they,” but in an indefinite sense, “people.”

7 tn Or “will be delivered up.”

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

9 sn There is rich irony in the statements of those who were passing by, “save yourself!” and “come down from the cross!” In summary, they wanted Jesus to come down from the cross and save his physical life, but it was indeed his staying on the cross and giving his physical life that led to the fact that they could experience a resurrection from death to life.

10 tc ‡ Many important witnesses (א* A D pc it sy[s],p) read καί (kai, here with the force of “then”) before κατάβηθι (katabhqi, “come down”). The shorter reading may well be due to homoioarcton, but judging by the diverse external evidence (א2 B L W Θ 0250 Ë1,13 33 Ï lat) it is equally possible that the shorter reading is original (and is so considered for this translation). NA27 puts the καί in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.