Matthew 5:23

5:23 So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Matthew 7:27

7:27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!” ¹ 

Matthew 12:26

12:26 So if ²  Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Matthew 14:24

14:24 Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, ³  was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

Matthew 23:31

23:31 By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

Matthew 27:13

27:13 Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?”

Matthew 27:37

27:37 Above ⁴  his head they put the charge against him, ⁵  which read: ⁶  “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”

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¹ tn Grk “and great was its fall.”

² tn This first class condition, the first of three “if” clauses in the following verses, presents the example vividly as if it were so. In fact, all three conditions in these verses are first class. The examples are made totally parallel. The expected answer is that Satan’s kingdom will not stand, so the suggestion makes no sense. Satan would not seek to heal.

³ tn Grk “The boat was already many stades from the land.” A stade (στάδιον, stadion) was a unit of distance about 607 feet (187 meters) long.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁵ sn Mention of the inscription is an important detail, because the inscription would normally give the reason for the execution. It shows that Jesus was executed for claiming to be a king. It was also probably written with irony from the executioners’ point of view.

⁶ tn Grk “was written.”