Matthew 23:34

“For this reason I ¹  am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, ²  some of whom you will kill and crucify, ³  and some you will flog ⁴  in your synagogues ⁵  and pursue from town to town,

Pr 11:30; Mt 10:16; Mt 10:16,17; Mt 13:52; Mt 28:19,20; Lu 11:49; Lu 24:47; Joh 16:2; Joh 20:21; Ac 1:8; Ac 5:40; Ac 7:51,52,58,59; Ac 9:1,2; Ac 11:27; Ac 12:2; Ac 13:1; Ac 14:19; Ac 15:32; Ac 22:19,20; 1Co 2:6; 1Co 3:10; 1Co 12:3-11; 2Co 11:24,25; Eph 4:8-12; Col 1:28; 1Th 2:16; Heb 11:37; Re 11:10

¹ 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).

² tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

³ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

⁴ 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.”

⁵ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.