Discovery BoxMatthew 9:15 
Context9:15 Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests 1 cannot mourn while the bridegroom 2 is with them, can they? But the days 3 are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, 4 and then they will fast.
Matthew 15:36
Context15:36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds. 5
Matthew 21:2
Context21:2 telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. 6 Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
1 tn Grk “sons of the wedding hall,” an idiom referring to wedding guests, or more specifically friends of the bridegroom present at the wedding celebration (L&N 11.7).
2 sn The expression while the bridegroom is with them is an allusion to messianic times (John 3:29; Isa 54:5-6; 62:4-5; 4 Ezra 2:15, 38).
3 tn Grk “days.”
4 sn The statement the bridegroom will be taken from them is a veiled allusion by Jesus to his death, which he did not make explicit until the incident at Caesarea Philippi in 16:13ff.
5 tn Grk “was giving them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.”
6 tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).
