Matthew 17:19

17:19 Then the disciples came ¹  to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

Matthew 19:27

19:27 Then Peter said ²  to him, “Look, ³  we have left everything to follow you! ⁴  What then will there be for us?”

Matthew 28:13-14

28:13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body ⁵  while we were asleep.’ 28:14 If ⁶  this matter is heard before the governor, ⁷  we will satisfy him ⁸  and keep you out of trouble.” ⁹ 

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¹ tn Grk “coming, the disciples said.” The participle προσελθόντες (proselqontes) has been translated as a finite verb to make the sequence of events clear in English.

² tn Grk “Then answering, Peter said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

³ sn Peter wants reassurance that the disciples’ response and sacrifice have been noticed.

⁴ tn Grk “We have left everything and followed you.” Koine Greek often used paratactic structure when hypotactic was implied.

⁵ tn Grk “him.”

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁷ tn Here ἐπί (epi) followed by the genitive = “before,” especially in the language of lawsuits (BDAG 363 s.v. 3).

⁸ tc ‡ αὐτόν (auton, “him”) is found after πείσομεν (peisomen, “we will satisfy”) in the majority of witnesses, though it seems to be motivated by a need for clarification and cannot therefore easily explain the rise of the shorter reading (which is found in א B Θ 33 pc). Nevertheless, English style requires the pronoun. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

⁹ tn Grk “and you will not have to be worried” = “we will keep you out of trouble.”