1 tn This is a first class condition: “If (and let’s assume that you are) the Son of God…”
2 tn Grk “say to this stone that it should become bread.”
3 tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.
4 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
5 tn This is a third class condition in the Greek text. Jesus had this experience already in 20:1-8.
6 tn The negation in the Greek text is the strongest possible (οὐ μή, ou mh).