Discovery BoxMatthew 3:10 
Context3:10 Even now the ax is laid at 1 the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 5:30
Context5:30 If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.
Matthew 27:60
Context27:60 and placed it 2 in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. 3 Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance 4 of the tomb and went away.
1 sn Laid at the root. That is, placed and aimed, ready to begin cutting.
2 tc ‡ αὐτό (auto, “it”) is found after ἔθηκεν (eqhken, “placed”) in the majority of witnesses, including many important ones, though it seems to be motivated by a need for clarification and cannot therefore easily explain the rise of the shorter reading (which is read by א L Θ Ë13 33 892 pc). Regardless of which reading is original (though with a slight preference for the shorter reading), English style requires the pronoun. NA27 includes αὐτό here, no doubt due to the overwhelming external attestation.
3 tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.25).
4 tn Or “to the door,” “against the door.”
