Discovery BoxMatthew 2:20 
Context2:20 saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”
Matthew 4:16
Context4:16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light,
and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.” 1
Matthew 5:46
Context5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors 2 do the same, don’t they?
Matthew 11:8
Context11:8 What 3 did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? 4 Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings! 5
Matthew 19:13
Context19:13 Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. 6 But the disciples scolded those who brought them. 7
Matthew 20:25
Context20:25 But Jesus called them and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.
Matthew 22:7
Context22:7 The 8 king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death 9 and set their city 10 on fire.
Matthew 22:10
Context22:10 And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
Matthew 24:38
Context24:38 For in those days before the flood, people 11 were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.
Matthew 25:9
Context25:9 ‘No,’ they replied. 12 ‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
Matthew 25:41
Context25:41 “Then he will say 13 to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
Matthew 26:51
Context26:51 But 14 one of those with Jesus grabbed 15 his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest’s slave, 16 cutting off his ear.
Matthew 26:73
Context26:73 After 17 a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, “You really are one of them too – even your accent 18 gives you away!”
1 sn A quotation from Isa 9:1.
2 sn The tax collectors would bid to collect taxes for the Roman government and then add a surcharge, which they kept. Since tax collectors worked for Rome, they were viewed as traitors to their own people and were not well liked.
3 tn Grk “But what.” Here ἀλλά (alla, a strong contrastive in Greek) produces a somewhat awkward sense in English, and has not been translated. The same situation occurs at the beginning of v. 9.
4 sn The reference to fancy clothes makes the point that John was not rich or powerful, in that he did not come from the wealthy classes.
5 tn Or “palaces.”
6 tn Grk “so that he would lay his hands on them and pray.”
7 tn Grk “the disciples scolded them.” In the translation the referent has been specified as “those who brought them,” since otherwise the statement could be understood to mean that the disciples scolded the children rather than their parents who brought them.
8 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
9 tn Grk “he sent his soldiers, destroyed those murderers.” The verb ἀπώλεσεν (apwlesen) is causative, indicating that the king was the one behind the execution of the murderers. In English the causative idea is not expressed naturally here; either a purpose clause (“he sent his soldiers to put those murderers to death”) or a relative clause (“he sent his soldier who put those murderers to death”) is preferred.
10 tn The Greek text reads here πόλις (polis), which could be translated “town” or “city.” The prophetic reference is to the city of Jerusalem, so “city” is more appropriate here.
11 tn Grk “they,” but in an indefinite sense, “people.”
12 tn Grk “The wise answered, saying, ‘No.’”
13 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
14 tn Grk “And behold one.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
15 tn Grk “extending his hand, drew out his sword, and struck.” Because rapid motion is implied in the circumstances, the translation “grabbed” was used.
16 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.
17 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
18 tn Grk “your speech.”
