Discovery BoxMatthew 23:34-36 
Context23:34 “For this reason I 1 am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, 2 some of whom you will kill and crucify, 3 and some you will flog 4 in your synagogues 5 and pursue from town to town, 23:35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, 6 whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 23:36 I tell you the truth, 7 this generation will be held responsible for all these things! 8
1 tn Grk “behold I am sending.” 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).
2 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
3 sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.
4 tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”
5 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
6 sn Spelling of this name (Βαραχίου, Baraciou) varies among the English versions: “Barachiah” (RSV, NRSV); “Berechiah” (NASB); “Berachiah” (NIV).
7 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
8 tn Grk “all these things will come on this generation.”
