Discovery BoxMatthew 2:11 
Context2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down 1 and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, 2 and myrrh. 3
Matthew 3:10
Context3:10 Even now the ax is laid at 4 the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 8:32
Context8:32 And he said, 5 “Go!” So 6 they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.
Matthew 11:23
Context11:23 And you, Capernaum, 7 will you be exalted to heaven? 8 No, you will be thrown down to Hades! 9 For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.
Matthew 24:2
Context24:2 And he said to them, 10 “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, 11 not one stone will be left on another. 12 All will be torn down!” 13
Matthew 26:39
Context26:39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, 14 “My Father, if possible, 15 let this cup 16 pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Matthew 27:29
Context27:29 and after braiding 17 a crown of thorns, 18 they put it on his head. They 19 put a staff 20 in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: 21 “Hail, king of the Jews!” 22
1 tn Grk “they fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”
2 sn Frankincense refers to the aromatic resin of certain trees, used as a sweet-smelling incense (L&N 6.212).
3 sn Myrrh consisted of the aromatic resin of certain shrubs (L&N 6.208). It was used in preparing a corpse for burial.
4 sn Laid at the root. That is, placed and aimed, ready to begin cutting.
5 tn Grk “And he said to them.”
6 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate a conclusion and transition in the narrative.
7 sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.
map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.
8 tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.
9 sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Luke 10:15; 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).
10 tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (ajpokriqei") is redundant in English and has not been translated.
11 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
12 sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in
13 tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”
14 tn Grk “ground, praying and saying.” Here the participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
15 tn Grk “if it is possible.”
16 sn This cup alludes to the wrath of God that Jesus would experience (in the form of suffering and death) for us. See Ps 11:6; 75:8-9; Isa 51:17, 19, 22 for this figure.
17 tn Or “weaving.”
18 sn The crown may have been made from palm spines or some other thorny plant common in Israel. In placing the crown of thorns on his head, the soldiers were unwittingly symbolizing God’s curse on humanity (cf. Gen 3:18) being placed on Jesus. Their purpose would have been to mock Jesus’ claim to be a king; the crown of thorns would have represented the “radiant corona” portrayed on the heads of rulers on coins and other artifacts in the 1st century.
19 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
20 tn Or “a reed.” The Greek term can mean either “staff” or “reed.” See BDAG 502 s.v. κάλαμος 2.
21 tn Grk “they mocked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.
22 tn Or “Long live the King of the Jews!”
sn The statement Hail, King of the Jews! is a mockery patterned after the Romans’ cry of Ave, Caesar (“Hail, Caesar!”).
