Discovery BoxMatthew 14:21 
Context14:21 Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.
Matthew 15:1
Context15:1 Then Pharisees 1 and experts in the law 2 came from Jerusalem 3 to Jesus and said, 4
Matthew 15:16
Context15:16 Jesus 5 said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish?
Matthew 15:38
Context15:38 Not counting children and women, 6 there were four thousand men who ate. 7
Matthew 17:13
Context17:13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.
Matthew 22:4
Context22:4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. 8 My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’
Matthew 22:14
Context22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 22:26
Context22:26 The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh.
Matthew 26:66
Context26:66 What is your verdict?” 9 They 10 answered, “He is guilty and deserves 11 death.”
1 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.
2 tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn The participle λέγοντες (legontes) has been translated as a finite verb so that its telic (i.e., final or conclusive) force can be more easily detected: The Pharisees and legal experts came to Jesus in order to speak with him.
5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
6 tc ‡ Although most witnesses (B C L W Ë13 33 Ï f sys,p,h mae) read “women and children” instead of “children and women,” it is likely that the majority’s reading is a harmonization to Matt 14:21. “Children and women” is found in early and geographically widespread witnesses (e.g., א D [Θ Ë1] 579 lat syc sa bo), and has more compelling internal arguments on its side, suggesting that this is the original reading. NA27, however, agrees with the majority of witnesses.
7 tn Grk “And those eating were four thousand men, apart from children and women.”
8 tn Grk “Behold, I have prepared my dinner.” In some contexts, however, to translate ἄριστον (ariston) as “dinner” somewhat misses the point. L&N 23.22 here suggests, “See now, the feast I have prepared (for you is ready).”
9 tn Grk “What do you think?”
10 tn Grk “answering, they said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
11 tn Grk “he is guilty of death.” L&N 88.313 states, “pertaining to being guilty and thus deserving some particular penalty – ‘guilty and deserving, guilty and punishable by.’ οἱ δὲ ἀποκριθέντες εἶπαν, ᾿Ενοχος θανάτου ἐστίν ‘they answered, He is guilty and deserves death’ Mt 26:66.”
