Discovery BoxMatthew 1:18 
Context1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, 1 she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 5:25
Context5:25 Reach agreement 2 quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, 3 or he 4 may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.
Matthew 6:5
Context6:5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues 5 and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
Matthew 9:15
Context9:15 Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests 6 cannot mourn while the bridegroom 7 is with them, can they? But the days 8 are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, 9 and then they will fast.
Matthew 11:7
Context11:7 While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness 10 to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 11
Matthew 17:5
Context17:5 While he was still speaking, a 12 bright cloud 13 overshadowed 14 them, and a voice from the cloud said, 15 “This is my one dear Son, 16 in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!” 17
Matthew 25:10
Context25:10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then 18 the door was shut.
Matthew 26:47
Context26:47 While he was still speaking, Judas, 19 one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.
1 tn The connotation of the Greek is “before they came together in marital and domestic union” (so BDAG 970 s.v. συνέρχομαι 3).
2 tn Grk “Make friends.”
3 tn The words “to court” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
4 tn Grk “the accuser.”
5 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
6 tn Grk “sons of the wedding hall,” an idiom referring to wedding guests, or more specifically friends of the bridegroom present at the wedding celebration (L&N 11.7).
7 sn The expression while the bridegroom is with them is an allusion to messianic times (John 3:29; Isa 54:5-6; 62:4-5; 4 Ezra 2:15, 38).
8 tn Grk “days.”
9 sn The statement the bridegroom will be taken from them is a veiled allusion by Jesus to his death, which he did not make explicit until the incident at Caesarea Philippi in 16:13ff.
10 tn Or “desert.”
11 tn There is a debate as to whether one should read this figuratively (“to see someone who is easily blown over?”) or literally (Grk “to see the wilderness vegetation?… No, to see a prophet”). Either view makes good sense, but the following examples suggest the question should be read literally and understood to point to the fact that a prophet drew them to the desert.
12 tn Grk “behold, a.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated here or in the following clause because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
13 sn This cloud is the cloud of God’s presence and the voice is his as well.
14 tn Or “surrounded.”
15 tn Grk “behold, a voice from the cloud, saying.” This is an incomplete sentence in Greek which portrays intensity and emotion. The participle λέγουσα (legousa) was translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style.
16 tn Grk “my beloved Son,” or “my Son, the beloved [one].” The force of ἀγαπητός (agaphtos) is often “pertaining to one who is the only one of his or her class, but at the same time is particularly loved and cherished” (L&N 58.53; cf. also BDAG 7 s.v. 1).
17 sn The expression listen to him comes from Deut 18:15 and makes two points: 1) Jesus is a prophet like Moses, a leader-prophet, and 2) they have much yet to learn from him.
18 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
19 tn Grk “behold, Judas.” 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).
