Matthew 8:18

Challenging Professed Followers

8:18 Now when Jesus saw a large crowd ¹  around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake. ² 

Matthew 13:2

13:2 And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while ³  the whole crowd stood on the shore.

Matthew 15:30

15:30 Then ⁴  large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They ⁵  laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

Matthew 21:8

21:8 A ⁶  very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Matthew 28:12

28:12 After ⁷  they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

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¹ tc ‡ Codex B and some Sahidic mss read simply ὄχλον (oclon, “crowd”), the reading that NA²⁷ follows; the first hand of א, as well as ˹ and a few others, has ὄχλους (oclous, “crowds”); other witnesses read πολὺν ὄχλον (polun oclon, “a large crowd”). But the reading most likely to be original seems to be πολλούς ὄχλους (pollou" oclou"). It is found in א² C L Θ 0233 ˹³ 33 Ï lat; it is judged to be superior on internal grounds (the possibility of accidental omission of πολλούς/πολύν in isolated witnesses) and, to a lesser extent, external grounds (geographically widespread, various texttypes). For reasons of English style, however, this phrase has been translated as “a large crowd.”

² tn The phrase “of the lake” is not in the Greek text but is clearly implied; it has been supplied here for clarity.

³ tn Grk “and all the crowd.” The clause in this phrase, although coordinate in terms of grammar, is logically subordinate to the previous clause.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

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

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.