Discovery BoxMatthew 1:25 
Context1:25 but did not have marital relations 1 with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named 2 Jesus.
Matthew 14:8
Context14:8 Instructed by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
Matthew 14:11
Context14:11 His 3 head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
Matthew 19:7
Context19:7 They said to him, “Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?” 4
Matthew 22:28
Context22:28 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.” 5
1 tn Or “did not have sexual relations”; Grk “was not knowing her.” The verb “know” (in both Hebrew and Greek) is a frequent biblical euphemism for sexual relations. However, a translation like “did not have sexual relations with her” is too graphic in light of the popularity and wide use of Matthew’s infancy narrative. Thus the somewhat more subdued but still clear “did not have marital relations” was selected.
2 tn Grk “and he called his name Jesus.” The coordinate clause has been translated as a relative clause in English for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Grk “And his”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tc ‡ Although the majority of witnesses (B C W 078 087 Ë13 33 Ï syp,h) have αὐτήν (authn, “her”) after the infinitive ἀπολῦσαι (apolusai, “to divorce”), a variant lacks the αὐτήν. This shorter reading may be due to assimilation to the Markan parallel, but since it is attested in early and diverse witnesses (א D L Z Θ Ë1 579 700 pc lat) and since the parallel verse (Mark 10:4) already departs at many points, the shorter reading seems more likely to be original. The pronoun has been included in the translation, however, for clarity. NA27 includes the word in brackets, indicating reservations regarding its authenticity.
sn A quotation from Deut 24:1. The Pharisees were all in agreement that the OT permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce his wife (not vice-versa) and that remarriage was therefore sanctioned. But the two rabbinic schools of Shammai and Hillel differed on the grounds for divorce. Shammai was much stricter than Hillel and permitted divorce only in the case of sexual immorality. Hillel permitted divorce for almost any reason (cf. the Mishnah, m. Gittin 9.10).
5 tn Grk “For all had her.”
