Discovery BoxMatthew 5:9 
Context5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children 1 of God.
Matthew 14:21
Context14:21 Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.
Matthew 15:38
Context15:38 Not counting children and women, 2 there were four thousand men who ate. 3
Matthew 27:25
Context27:25 In 4 reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!”
1 tn Grk “sons,” though traditionally English versions have taken this as a generic reference to both males and females, hence “children” (cf. KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT).
2 tc ‡ Although most witnesses (B C L W Ë13 33 Ï f sys,p,h mae) read “women and children” instead of “children and women,” it is likely that the majority’s reading is a harmonization to Matt 14:21. “Children and women” is found in early and geographically widespread witnesses (e.g., א D [Θ Ë1] 579 lat syc sa bo), and has more compelling internal arguments on its side, suggesting that this is the original reading. NA27, however, agrees with the majority of witnesses.
3 tn Grk “And those eating were four thousand men, apart from children and women.”
4 tn Grk “answering, all the people said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
