Matthew 5:1

The Beatitudes

5:1 When ¹  he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. ²  After he sat down his disciples came to him.

Matthew 13:46

13:46 When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

Matthew 14:14

14:14 As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Matthew 14:30

14:30 But when he saw the strong wind he became afraid. And starting to sink, he cried out, ³  “Lord, save me!”

Matthew 18:30

18:30 But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.

Matthew 27:26

27:26 Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, ⁴  he handed him over ⁵  to be crucified. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn Or “up a mountain” (εἰς τὸ ὄρος, eis to oro").

sn The expression up the mountain here may be idiomatic or generic, much like the English “he went to the hospital” (cf. 15:29), or even intentionally reminiscent of Exod 24:12 (LXX), since the genre of the Sermon on the Mount seems to be that of a new Moses giving a new law.

³ tn Grk “he cried out, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

⁴ tn The Greek term φραγελλόω (fragellow) refers to flogging. BDAG 1064 s.v. states, “flog, scourge, a punishment inflicted on slaves and provincials after a sentence of death had been pronounced on them. So in the case of Jesus before the crucifixion…Mt 27:26; Mk 15:15.”

sn A Roman flogging (traditionally, “scourging”) was an excruciating punishment. The victim was stripped of his clothes and bound to a post with his hands fastened above him (or sometimes he was thrown to the ground). Guards standing on either side of the victim would incessantly beat him with a whip (flagellum) made out of leather with pieces of lead and bone inserted into its ends. While the Jews only allowed 39 lashes, the Romans had no such limit; many people who received such a beating died as a result. See C. Schneider, TDNT, 515-19.

⁵ tn Or “delivered him up.”

⁶ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.