Matthew 17:6

17:6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.¹

Matthew 19:25

19:25 The² disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said, “Then who can be saved?”³

Matthew 20:24

20:24 Now⁴ when the other ten⁵ heard this,⁶ they were angry with the two brothers.

Matthew 22:22

22:22 Now when they heard this they were stunned,⁷ and they left him and went away.

Matthew 22:33-34

22:33 When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.

The Greatest Commandment

22:34 Now when the Pharisees⁸ heard that he had silenced the Sadducees,⁹ they assembled together.¹⁰

Matthew 27:47

27:47 When¹¹ some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.”

Matthew 15:12

15:12 Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that when the Pharisees¹² heard this saying they were offended?”

Matthew 21:45

21:45 When¹³ the chief priests and the Pharisees¹⁴ heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

Matthew 12:24

12:24 But when the Pharisees¹⁵ heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul,¹⁶ the ruler¹⁷ of demons!”

Matthew 14:13

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

14:13 Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it,¹⁸ they followed him on foot from the towns.¹⁹

Matthew 20:30

20:30 Two²⁰ blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted,²¹ “Have mercy²² on us, Lord, Son of David!”²³

Matthew 2:9

2:9 After listening to the king they left, and once again²⁴ the star they saw when it rose²⁵ led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

¹tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

²tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

³sn The assumption is that the rich are blessed, so if they risk exclusion, who is left to be saved?

³tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

⁴tn Grk “the ten.”

⁵tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

⁴tn Grk “they were amazed; they marveled.”

⁵sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

⁶sn See the note on Sadducees in 3:7.

⁷tn Grk “for the same.” That is, for the same purpose that the Sadducees had of testing Jesus.

⁶tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁷sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

⁸tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁹sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

¹⁰tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”

¹¹tn Or “prince.”

¹⁰tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

¹¹tn Or “cities.”

¹¹tn Grk “And behold.” 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).

¹²tn Grk “shouted, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

¹³sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. It is not owed to the men. They simply ask for God’s kind grace.

¹⁴sn There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

¹²tn Grk “and behold the star.”

¹³tn See the note on the word “rose” in 2:2.