Matthew 14:19

14:19 Then 1  he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples, 2  who in turn gave them to the crowds. 3 

Matthew 15:32

The Feeding of the Four Thousand

15:32 Then Jesus called the 4  disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.”

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 22:16

22:16 They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, 9  saying, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. 10  You do not court anyone’s favor because you show no partiality. 11 

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 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

2 tn Grk “And after instructing the crowds to recline for a meal on the grass, after taking the five loaves and the two fish, after looking up to heaven, he gave thanks, and after breaking the loaves he gave them to the disciples.” Although most of the participles are undoubtedly attendant circumstance, there are but two indicative verbs – “he gave thanks” and “he gave.” The structure of the sentence thus seems to focus on these two actions and has been translated accordingly.

3 tn Grk “to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.”

4 tc ‡ Although the external evidence is not great (א W Θ 700 pc), the internal evidence for the omission of αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”) after “disciples” is fairly strong. The pronoun may have been added by way of clarification. NA27, however, includes the pronoun, on the basis of the much stronger external evidence.

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 sn The Herodians are mentioned in the NT only once in Matt (22:16 = Mark 12:13) and twice in Mark (3:6; 12:13; some mss also read “Herodians” instead of “Herod” in Mark 8:15). It is generally assumed that as a group the Herodians were Jewish supporters of the Herodian dynasty (or of Herod Antipas in particular). In every instance they are linked with the Pharisees. This probably reflects agreement regarding political objectives (nationalism as opposed to submission to the yoke of Roman oppression) rather than philosophy or religious beliefs.

10 sn Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Very few comments are as deceitful as this one; they did not really believe this at all. The question of the Pharisees and Herodians was specifically designed to trap Jesus.

11 tn Grk “And it is not a concern to you about anyone because you do not see the face of men.”

12 tn Grk “him.”