Discovery BoxMatthew 8:3 
Context8:3 He stretched out his hand and touched 1 him saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Matthew 10:16
ContextPersecution of Disciples
10:16 “I 2 am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, 3 so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Matthew 24:5
Context24:5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ 4 and they will mislead many.
Matthew 26:61
Context26:61 and declared, “This man 5 said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
1 sn Touched. This touch would have rendered Jesus ceremonially unclean (Lev 14:46; also Mishnah, m. Nega’im 3.1; 11.1; 12.1; 13.6-12).
2 tn Grk “Behold I.” 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).
3 sn This imagery of wolves is found in intertestamental Judaism; see Pss. Sol. 8:23, 30.
4 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.
5 tn Grk “This one.”
