Discovery BoxMatthew 6:2 
Context6:2 Thus whenever you do charitable giving, 1 do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues 2 and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, 3 they have their reward.
Matthew 6:5
Context6:5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues 4 and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
Matthew 23:34
Context23:34 “For this reason I 5 am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, 6 some of whom you will kill and crucify, 7 and some you will flog 8 in your synagogues 9 and pursue from town to town,
1 tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today. The giving of alms was highly regarded in the ancient world (Deut 15:7-11).
2 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
3 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
4 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
5 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).
6 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
7 sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.
8 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.”
