Matthew 9:10

9:10 As 1  Jesus 2  was having a meal 3  in Matthew’s 4  house, many tax collectors 5  and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

Matthew 16:8

16:8 When Jesus learned of this, 6  he said, “You who have such little faith! 7  Why are you arguing 8  among yourselves about having no bread?

Matthew 22:24

22:24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children 9  for his brother.’ 10 

1 tn Grk “And it happened that while.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

3 tn Grk “was reclining at table.”

sn As Jesus was having a meal. 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.

4 tn Grk “in the house.” The Greek article is used here in a context that implies possession, and the referent of the implied possessive pronoun (Matthew) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

5 sn See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

6 tn Or “becoming aware of it.”

7 tn Grk “Those of little faith.”

8 tn Or “discussing.”

9 tn Grk “and raise up seed,” an idiom for fathering children (L&N 23.59).

10 sn A quotation from Deut 25:5. This practice is called levirate marriage (see also Ruth 4:1-12; Mishnah, m. Yevamot; Josephus, Ant. 4.8.23 [4.254-256]). The levirate law is described in Deut 25:5-10. The brother of a man who died without a son had an obligation to marry his brother’s widow. This served several purposes: It provided for the widow in a society where a widow with no children to care for her would be reduced to begging, and it preserved the name of the deceased, who would be regarded as the legal father of the first son produced from that marriage.