Matthew 2:12

2:12 After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, ¹  they went back by another route to their own country.

Matthew 5:18

5:18 I ²  tell you the truth, ³  until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter ⁴  will pass from the law until everything takes place.

Matthew 16:22

16:22 So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: ⁵  “God forbid, ⁶  Lord! This must not happen to you!”

Matthew 24:22

24:22 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

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¹ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

² tn Grk “For I tell.” Here an explanatory γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

⁴ tn Grk “Not one iota or one serif.”

sn The smallest letter refers to the smallest Hebrew letter (yod) and the stroke of a letter to a serif (a hook or projection on a Hebrew letter).

⁵ tn Grk “began to rebuke him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

⁶ tn Grk “Merciful to you.” A highly elliptical expression: “May God be merciful to you in sparing you from having to undergo [some experience]” (L&N 88.78). A contemporary English equivalent is “God forbid!”