Matthew 26:54

26:54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”

Matthew 22:29

22:29 Jesus ¹  answered them, “You are deceived, ²  because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.

Matthew 26:56

26:56 But this has happened so that ³  the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Matthew 21:42

21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:

‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ⁴ 

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? ⁵ 

¹ tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

² tn Or “mistaken” (cf. BDAG 822 s.v. πλανάω 2.c.γ).

¹ tn Grk “But so that”; the verb “has happened” is implied.

¹ tn Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20-22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kefalh gwnia") refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone.

² sn A quotation from Ps 118:22-23.