Matthew 10:6
Context10:6 Go 1 instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 13:1
Context13:1 On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.
Matthew 15:24
Context15:24 So 2 he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 24:17
Context24:17 The one on the roof 3 must not come down 4 to take anything out of his house,
Matthew 26:6
Context26:6 Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,
1 tn Grk “But go.” The Greek μᾶλλον (mallon, “rather, instead”) conveys the adversative nuance here so that δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn Grk “And answering, he said.” The construction in Greek is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ request.
3 sn On the roof. Most of the roofs in the NT were flat roofs made of pounded dirt, sometimes mixed with lime or stones, supported by heavy wooden beams. They generally had an easy means of access, either a sturdy wooden ladder or stone stairway, sometimes on the outside of the house.
4 sn The swiftness and devastation of the judgment will require a swift escape. There will be no time to come down from the roof and pick up anything from inside one’s home.