Discovery BoxMatthew 2:16 
Context2:16 When Herod 1 saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men 2 to kill all the children in Bethlehem 3 and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
Matthew 5:11
Context5:11 “Blessed are you when people 4 insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely 5 on account of me.
Matthew 5:34
Context5:34 But I say to you, do not take oaths at all – not by heaven, because it is the throne of God,
Matthew 18:32
Context18:32 Then his lord called the first slave 6 and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!
Matthew 21:12
Context21:12 Then 7 Jesus entered the temple area 8 and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, 9 and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
Matthew 23:5
Context23:5 They 10 do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries 11 wide and their tassels 12 long.
Matthew 26:27
Context26:27 And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you,
Matthew 26:33
Context26:33 Peter 13 said to him, “If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!”
1 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13.
2 tn Or “soldiers.”
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
4 tn Grk “when they insult you.” The third person pronoun (here implied in the verb ὀνειδίσωσιν [ojneidiswsin]) has no specific referent, but refers to people in general.
5 tc Although ψευδόμενοι (yeudomenoi, “bearing witness falsely”) could be a motivated reading, clarifying that the disciples are unjustly persecuted, its lack in only D it sys Tert does not help its case. Since the Western text is known for numerous free alterations, without corroborative evidence the shorter reading must be judged as secondary.
6 tn Grk “him”; the referent (the first slave mentioned in v. 24) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
8 tn Grk “the temple.”
sn The merchants (those who were selling) would have been located in the Court of the Gentiles.
9 tn Grk “the temple.”
sn Matthew (here, 21:12-27), Mark (11:15-19) and Luke (19:45-46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John (2:13-16) records a cleansing of the temple at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. See the note on the word temple courts in John 2:14 for a discussion of the relationship of these accounts to one another.
10 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
11 sn Phylacteries were small leather cases containing OT scripture verses, worn on the arm and forehead by Jews, especially when praying. The custom was derived from such OT passages as Exod 13:9; 16; Deut 6:8; 11:18.
12 tn The term κράσπεδον (kraspedon) in some contexts could refer to the outer fringe of the garment (possibly in Mark 6:56). This edge could have been plain or decorated. L&N 6.180 states, “In Mt 23:5 κράσπεδον denotes the tassels worn at the four corners of the outer garment (see 6.194).”
sn Tassels refer to the tassels that a male Israelite was obligated to wear on the four corners of his outer garment according to the Mosaic law (Num 15:38; Deut 22:12).
13 tn Grk “answering, Peter said to him.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
