Matthew 8:3

8:3 He stretched out his hand and touched ¹  him saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Matthew 10:16

Persecution of Disciples

10:16 “I ²  am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, ³  so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 24:5

24:5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ ⁴  and they will mislead many.

Matthew 26:61

26:61 and declared, “This man ⁵  said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

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¹ sn Touched. This touch would have rendered Jesus ceremonially unclean (Lev 14:46; also Mishnah, m. Nega’im 3.1; 11.1; 12.1; 13.6-12).

² tn Grk “Behold I.” 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).

³ sn This imagery of wolves is found in intertestamental Judaism; see Pss. Sol. 8:23, 30.

⁴ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.

⁵ tn Grk “This one.”