Matthew 4:16

4:16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light,

and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.” ¹ 

Matthew 5:28

5:28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 8:20

8:20 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky ²  have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” ³ 

Matthew 9:22

9:22 But when Jesus turned and saw her he said, “Have courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well.” ⁴  And the woman was healed ⁵  from that hour.

Matthew 9:33

9:33 After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”

Matthew 11:12

11:12 From ⁶  the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it. ⁷ 

Matthew 13:21

13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; ⁸  when ⁹  trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Matthew 13:35

13:35 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: ¹⁰ 

“I will open my mouth in parables,

I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.” ¹¹ 

Matthew 13:43

13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. ¹²  The one who has ears had better listen! ¹³ 

Matthew 17:15

17:15 and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures ¹⁴  and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Matthew 24:21

24:21 For then there will be great suffering ¹⁵  unlike anything that has happened ¹⁶  from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

Matthew 25:41

25:41 “Then he will say ¹⁷  to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Matthew 26:10

26:10 When ¹⁸  Jesus learned of this, he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She ¹⁹  has done a good service for me.

Matthew 26:13

26:13 I tell you the truth, ²⁰  wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Matthew 26:56

26:56 But this has happened so that ²¹  the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Matthew 26:65

26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, ²²  “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now ²³  you have heard the blasphemy!

Matthew 28:6

28:6 He is not here, for he has been raised, ²⁴  just as he said. Come and see the place where he ²⁵  was lying.

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¹ sn A quotation from Isa 9:1.

² tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).

³ sn Jesus’ reply is simply this: Does the man understand the rejection he will be facing? Jesus has no home in the world (the Son of Man has no place to lay his head).

⁴ tn Or “has delivered you”; Grk “has saved you.” This should not be understood as an expression for full salvation in the immediate context; it refers only to the woman’s healing.

⁵ tn Grk “saved.”

⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁷ tn Or “the kingdom of heaven is forcibly entered and violent people take hold of it.” For a somewhat different interpretation of this passage, see the note on the phrase “urged to enter in” in Luke 16:16.

⁸ tn Grk “is temporary.”

⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹⁰ tc A few important mss (א* Θ Ë^1,13 33) identify the prophet as Isaiah, a reading that is significantly harder than the generic “prophet” because the source of this prophecy is not Isaiah but Asaph in Ps 78. Jerome mentioned some mss that had “Asaph” here, though none are known to exist today. This problem is difficult because of the temptation for scribes to delete the reference to Isaiah in order to clear up a discrepancy. Indeed, the vast majority of witnesses have only “the prophet” here (א¹ B C D L W 0233 0242 Ï lat sy co). However, as B. M. Metzger points out, “if no prophet were originally named, more than one scribe might have been prompted to insert the name of the best known prophet – something which has, in fact, happened elsewhere more than once” (TCGNT 27). In light of the paucity of evidence for the reading ᾿Ησαΐου, as well as the proclivity of scribes to add his name, it is probably best to consider the shorter reading as authentic.

tn Grk “was spoken by the prophet, saying.” The participle λέγοντος (legontos) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

¹¹ sn A quotation from Ps 78:2.

¹² sn An allusion to Dan 12:3.

¹³ tn The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15, 13:9; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 8:8, 14:35).

¹⁴ tn Grk “he is moonstruck,” possibly meaning “lunatic” (so NAB, NASB), although now the term is generally regarded as referring to some sort of seizure disorder such as epilepsy (L&N 23.169; BDAG 919 s.v. σεληνιάζομαι).

¹⁵ tn Traditionally, “great tribulation.”

¹⁶ sn Suffering unlike anything that has happened. Some refer this event to the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. While the events of a.d. 70 may reflect somewhat the comments Jesus makes here, the reference to the scope and severity of this judgment strongly suggest that much more is in view. Most likely Jesus is referring to the great end-time judgment on Jerusalem in the great tribulation.

¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

¹⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹⁹ tn Grk “For she.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

²⁰ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

²¹ tn Grk “But so that”; the verb “has happened” is implied.

²² tn Grk “the high priest tore his clothes, saying.”

²³ tn Grk “Behold now.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

²⁴ tn The verb here is passive (ἠγέρθη, hgerqh). This “divine passive” (see ExSyn 437-38) points to the fact that Jesus was raised by God.

²⁵ tc Expansions on the text, especially when the Lord is the subject, are a common scribal activity. In this instance, since the subject is embedded in the verb, three major variants have emerged to make the subject explicit: ὁ κύριος (Jo kurio", “the Lord”; A C D L W 0148 Ë^1,13 Ï lat), τὸ σῶμα τοῦ κυρίου (to swma tou kuriou, “the body of the Lord”; 1424 pc), and ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo Ihsou", “Jesus”; Φ). The reading with no explicit subject, however, is superior on both internal and external grounds, being supported by א B Θ 33 892* pc co.