Matthew 21:15-16

21:15 But when the chief priests and the experts in the law 1  saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, 2  “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant 21:16 and said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?” 3 

Matthew 21:23

The Authority of Jesus

21:23 Now after Jesus 4  entered the temple courts, 5  the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority 6  are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Matthew 21:46

21:46 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds 7  regarded him as a prophet.

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

2 tn Grk “crying out in the temple [courts] and saying.” The participle λέγοντας (legontas) is somewhat redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

3 sn A quotation from Ps 8:2.

4 tn Grk “he.”

5 tn Grk “the temple.”

6 tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.1

7 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the crowds) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Both previous occurrences of “they” in this verse refer to the chief priests and the Pharisees.