Matthew 24:11

24:11 And many false prophets will appear and deceive ¹  many,

Matthew 24:5

24:5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ ²  and they will mislead many.

Matthew 8:16

8:16 When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. ³ 

Matthew 14:24

14:24 Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, ⁴  was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

Matthew 3:7

3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees ⁵  and Sadducees ⁶  coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Matthew 15:30

15:30 Then ⁷  large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They ⁸  laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

¹ tn Or “and lead many astray.”

² tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

³ sn Note how the author distinguishes healing from exorcism here, implying that the two are not identical.

⁴ tn Grk “The boat was already many stades from the land.” A stade (στάδιον, stadion) was a unit of distance about 607 feet (187 meters) long.

⁵ sn Pharisees were members of one of the most important and influential religious and political parties of Judaism in the time of Jesus. There were more Pharisees than Sadducees (according to Josephus, Ant. 17.2.4 [17.42] there were more than 6,000 Pharisees at about this time). Pharisees differed with Sadducees on certain doctrines and patterns of behavior. The Pharisees were strict and zealous adherents to the laws of the OT and to numerous additional traditions such as angels and bodily resurrection.

⁶ sn The Sadducees controlled the official political structures of Judaism at this time, being the majority members of the Sanhedrin. They were known as extremely strict on law and order issues (Josephus, J. W. 2.8.2 [2.119], 2.8.14 [2.164-166]; Ant. 13.5.9 [13.171-173], 13.10.6 [13.293-298], 18.1.2 [18.11], 18.1.4 [18.16-17], 20.9.1 [20.199]; Life 2 [10-11]). See also Matt 16:1-12; 22:23-34; Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-38; Acts 5:17; 23:6-8.

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.