Matthew 8:26
8:26 But 1 he said to them, “Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked 2 the winds and the sea, 3 and it was dead calm.
Matthew 19:17
19:17 He said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
Matthew 20:6
20:6 And about five o’clock that afternoon 4 he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’
Matthew 21:25
21:25 Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?” 5 They discussed this among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’
1 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
2 tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).
3 sn Who has authority over the seas and winds is discussed in the OT: Ps 104:3; 135:7; 107:23-30. When Jesus rebuked the winds and the sea he was making a statement about who he was.
4 tn Grk “about the eleventh hour.”
5 tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is used here (and in v. 26) in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NAB, NRSV, “of human origin”; TEV, “from human beings”; NLT, “merely human”).
sn The question is whether John’s ministry was of divine or human origin.