Matthew 16:2

16:2 He said, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’

Matthew 16:14

16:14 They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Matthew 17:10

17:10 The disciples asked him, “Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?”

Matthew 19:9

19:9 Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”

Matthew 21:26

21:26 But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”

Matthew 24:48

24:48 But if that evil slave should say to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

Matthew 28:13

28:13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’

tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.” The construction has been simplified in the translation and δέ (de) has not been translated.

sn The appearance of Elijah would mean that the end time had come. According to 2 Kgs 2:11, Elijah was still alive. In Mal 4:5 it is said that Elijah would be the precursor of Messiah.

tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.

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

tn In the Greek text this is a third class condition that for all practical purposes is a hypothetical condition (note the translation of the following verb “should say”).

tn Grk “should say in his heart.”

tn Grk “him.”