Discovery BoxMatthew 4:21 
Context4:21 Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat 1 with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then 2 he called them.
Matthew 9:2
Context9:2 Just then 3 some people 4 brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. 5 When Jesus saw their 6 faith, he said to the paralytic, “Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.” 7
Matthew 9:6
Context9:6 But so that you may know 8 that the Son of Man 9 has authority on earth to forgive sins” – then he said to the paralytic 10 – “Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” 11
Matthew 10:23
Context10:23 Whenever 12 they persecute you in one place, 13 flee to another. I tell you the truth, 14 you will not finish going through all the towns 15 of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 11:19
Context11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him, 16 a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors 17 and sinners!’ 18 But wisdom is vindicated 19 by her deeds.” 20
Matthew 12:32
Context12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. 21 But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, 22 either in this age or in the age to come.
Matthew 12:40
Context12:40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish 23 for three days and three nights, 24 so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
Matthew 16:27
Context16:27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. 25
Matthew 17:5
Context17:5 While he was still speaking, a 26 bright cloud 27 overshadowed 28 them, and a voice from the cloud said, 29 “This is my one dear Son, 30 in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!” 31
Matthew 17:12
Context17:12 And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In 32 the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”
Matthew 20:18
Context20:18 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. 33 They will condemn him to death,
Matthew 21:9
Context21:9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, 34 “Hosanna 35 to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! 36 Hosanna in the highest!”
Matthew 21:15
Context21:15 But when the chief priests and the experts in the law 37 saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, 38 “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant
Matthew 23:35
Context23:35 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, 39 whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 26:45
Context26:45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Matthew 26:63-64
Context26:63 But Jesus was silent. The 40 high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, 41 the Son of God.” 26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand 42 of the Power 43 and coming on the clouds of heaven.” 44
Matthew 27:54
Context27:54 Now when the centurion 45 and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, “Truly this one was God’s Son!”
1 tn Or “their boat.” The phrase ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ (en tw ploiw) can either refer to a generic boat, some boat (as it seems to do here); or it can refer to “their” boat, implying possession. Mark assumes a certain preunderstanding on the part of his readers about the first four disciples and hence the translation “their boat” is justified (cf. also v. 20 in which the “hired men” indicates that Zebedee’s family owned the boats), while Matthew does not.
2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
3 tn Grk “And behold, they were bringing.” Here καὶ ἰδού (kai idou) has been translated as “just then” to indicate the somewhat sudden appearance of the people carrying the paralytic. The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1), especially in conjunction with the suddenness of the stretcher bearers’ appearance.
4 tn Grk “they”; the referent (some unnamed people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Traditionally, “on a bed,” but this could be confusing to the modern reader who might envision a large piece of furniture. In various contexts, κλίνη (klinh) may be translated “bed, couch, cot, stretcher, or bier” (in the case of a corpse). See L&N 6.106.
6 sn The plural pronoun their makes it clear that Jesus was responding to the faith of the entire group, not just the paralyzed man.
7 sn The passive voice here is a divine passive (ExSyn 437). It is clear that God does the forgiving.
8 sn Now Jesus put the two actions together. The walking of the man would be proof (so that you may know) that his sins were forgiven and that God had worked through Jesus (i.e., the Son of Man).
9 sn The term Son of Man, which is a title in Greek, comes from a pictorial description in Dan 7:13 of one “like a son of man” (i.e., a human being). It is Jesus’ favorite way to refer to himself. Jesus did not reveal the background of the term here, which mixes human and divine imagery as the man in Daniel rides a cloud, something only God does. He just used it. It also could be an idiom in Aramaic meaning either “some person” or “me.” So there is a little ambiguity in its use here, since its origin is not clear at this point. However, the action makes it clear that Jesus used it to refer to himself here.
10 sn Jesus did not finish his sentence with words but with action, that is, healing the paralytic with an accompanying pronouncement to him directly.
11 tn Grk “to your house.”
12 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
13 tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.”
14 tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.
15 tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.” “Town” was chosen here to emphasize the extensive nature of the disciples’ ministry. The same word is translated earlier in the verse as “place.”
16 tn Grk “Behold a man.”
17 sn See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.
18 sn Neither were they happy with Jesus (the Son of Man), even though he was the opposite of John and associated freely with people like tax collectors and sinners. Either way, God’s messengers were subject to complaint.
19 tn Or “shown to be right.”
20 tc Most witnesses (B2 C D L Θ Ë1 33 Ï lat) have “children” (τέκνων, teknwn) here instead of “deeds” (ἔργων, ergwn), but since “children” is the reading of the parallel in Luke 7:35, scribes would be motivated to convert the less colorful “deeds” into more animate offspring of wisdom. Further, ἔργων enjoys support from א B* W (Ë13) as well as early versional and patristic support.
21 tn Grk “it will be forgiven him.”
22 tn Grk “it will not be forgiven him.”
sn Whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. This passage has troubled many people, who have wondered whether or not they have committed this sin. Three things must be kept in mind: (1) the nature of the sin is to ascribe what is the obvious work of the Holy Spirit (e.g., releasing people from Satan’s power) to Satan himself; (2) it is not simply a momentary doubt or sinful attitude, but is indeed a settled condition which opposes the Spirit’s work, as typified by the religious leaders who opposed Jesus; and (3) a person who is concerned about it has probably never committed this sin, for those who commit it here (i.e., the religious leaders) are not in the least concerned about Jesus’ warning.
23 tn Grk “large sea creature.”
24 sn A quotation from Jonah 1:17.
25 sn An allusion to Pss 28:4; 62:12; cf. Prov 24:12.
26 tn Grk “behold, a.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated here or in the following clause because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
27 sn This cloud is the cloud of God’s presence and the voice is his as well.
28 tn Or “surrounded.”
29 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.
30 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).
31 sn The expression listen to him comes from Deut 18:15 and makes two points: 1) Jesus is a prophet like Moses, a leader-prophet, and 2) they have much yet to learn from him.
32 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
33 tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
34 tn Grk “were shouting, saying.” The participle λέγοντας (legontas) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.
35 tn The expression ῾Ωσαννά (Jwsanna, literally in Hebrew, “O Lord, save”) in the quotation from Ps 118:25-26 was probably by this time a familiar liturgical expression of praise, on the order of “Hail to the king,” although both the underlying Aramaic and Hebrew expressions meant “O Lord, save us.” In words familiar to every Jew, the author is indicating that at this point every messianic expectation is now at the point of realization. It is clear from the words of the psalm shouted by the crowd that Jesus is being proclaimed as messianic king. See E. Lohse, TDNT 9:682-84.
sn Hosanna is an Aramaic expression that literally means, “help, I pray,” or “save, I pray.” By Jesus’ time it had become a strictly liturgical formula of praise, however, and was used as an exclamation of praise to God.
36 sn A quotation from Ps 118:25-26.
37 tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
38 tn Grk “crying out in the temple [courts] and saying.” The participle λέγοντας (legontas) is somewhat redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.
39 sn Spelling of this name (Βαραχίου, Baraciou) varies among the English versions: “Barachiah” (RSV, NRSV); “Berechiah” (NASB); “Berachiah” (NIV).
40 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
41 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.
42 sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.
43 sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.
44 sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).
