Discovery BoxMatthew 3:17 
Context3:17 And 1 a voice from heaven said, 2 “This is my one dear Son; 3 in him 4 I take great delight.” 5
Matthew 5:36-37
Context5:36 Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. 5:37 Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one. 6
Matthew 6:29
Context6:29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!
Matthew 9:30
Context9:30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about this.”
Matthew 12:48
Context12:48 To the one who had said this, Jesus 7 replied, 8 “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”
Matthew 16:14
Context16:14 They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, 9 and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
Matthew 18:14
Context18:14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.
Matthew 20:10
Context20:10 And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage.
Matthew 23:8
Context23:8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
Matthew 23:22
Context23:22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it.
Matthew 26:21
Context26:21 And while they were eating he said, “I tell you the truth, 10 one of you will betray me.” 11
Matthew 26:23
Context26:23 He 12 answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me 13 will betray me.
Matthew 26:25
Context26:25 Then 14 Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus 15 replied, “You have said it yourself.”
Matthew 26:48
Context26:48 (Now the betrayer 16 had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. 17 Arrest him!”) 18
Matthew 27:15
Context27:15 During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, 19 whomever they wanted.
1 tn Grk “and behold.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated here.
2 tn Grk “behold, a voice from the cloud, saying.” This is an incomplete sentence in Greek which portrays intensity and emotion. The participle λέγουσα (legousa) was translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style.
3 tn Grk “my beloved Son,” or “my Son, the beloved [one].” The force of ἀγαπητός (agaphtos) is often “pertaining to one who is the only one of his or her class, but at the same time is particularly loved and cherished” (L&N 58.53; cf. also BDAG 7 s.v. 1).
sn The parallel accounts in Mark 1:11 and Luke 3:22 read “You are” rather than “This is,” portraying the remark as addressed personally to Jesus.
4 tn Grk “in whom.”
5 tn Or “with whom I am well pleased.”
sn The allusions in the remarks of the text recall Ps 2:7a; Isa 42:1 and either Isa 41:8 or, less likely, Gen 22:12,16. God is marking out Jesus as his chosen one (the meaning of “[in him I take] great delight”), but it may well be that this was a private experience that only Jesus and John saw and heard (cf. John 1:32-33).
6 tn The term πονηροῦ (ponhrou) may be understood as specific and personified, referring to the devil, or possibly as a general reference to evil. It is most likely personified, however, since it is articular (τοῦ πονηροῦ, tou ponhrou). Cf. also “the evildoer” in v. 39, which is the same construction.
7 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Grk “And answering, he said to the one who had said this.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) at the beginning of the clause has not been translated.
9 sn The appearance of Elijah would mean that the end time had come. According to 2 Kgs 2:11, Elijah was still alive. In Mal 4:5 it is said that Elijah would be the precursor of Messiah.
10 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
11 tn Or “will hand me over.”
12 tn Grk “answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
13 sn The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me. The point of Jesus’ comment here is not to identify the specific individual per se, but to indicate that it is one who was close to him – somebody whom no one would suspect. His comment serves to heighten the treachery of Judas’ betrayal.
14 tn Grk “answering, Judas.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to reflect the sequence of events in the narrative.
15 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
16 tn Grk “the one who betrays him.”
17 tn Grk “The one I kiss is he.”
18 sn This remark is parenthetical within the narrative and has thus been placed in parentheses.
19 sn The custom of Pilate to release one prisoner is unknown outside the gospels in Jewish writings, but it was a Roman custom at the time and thus probably used in Palestine as well (cf. Matt 27:15; John 18:39).
