Matthew 27:66

27:66 So ¹  they went with the soldiers ²  of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

Matthew 7:9

7:9 Is ³  there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

Matthew 21:44

21:44 The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.” ⁴ 

Matthew 27:60

27:60 and placed it ⁵  in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. ⁶  Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance ⁷  of the tomb and went away.

Matthew 28:2

28:2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord ⁸  descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

Matthew 4:6

4:6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you’ ⁹  and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” ¹⁰ 

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. ¹¹ 

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? ¹² 

Matthew 24:2

24:2 And he said to them, ¹³  “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, ¹⁴  not one stone will be left on another. ¹⁵  All will be torn down!” ¹⁶ 

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Pilate’s order.

² tn Grk “with the guard.” The words “soldiers of the” have been supplied in the translation to prevent “guard” from being misunderstood as a single individual.

³ tn Grk “Or is there.”

⁵ tc A few witnesses, especially of the Western text (D 33 it sy^s Or Eus^syr), do not contain 21:44. However, the verse is found in א B C L W Z (Θ) 0102 Ë^1,13 Ï lat sy^c,p,h co and should be included as authentic.

⁷ tc ‡ αὐτό (auto, “it”) is found after ἔθηκεν (eqhken, “placed”) in the majority of witnesses, including many important ones, though it seems to be motivated by a need for clarification and cannot therefore easily explain the rise of the shorter reading (which is read by א L Θ Ë¹³ 33 892 pc). Regardless of which reading is original (though with a slight preference for the shorter reading), English style requires the pronoun. NA²⁷ includes αὐτό here, no doubt due to the overwhelming external attestation.

⁸ tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.25).

⁹ tn Or “to the door,” “against the door.”

⁹ tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” See the note on the word “Lord” in 1:20.

¹¹ sn A quotation from Ps 91:11. This was not so much an incorrect citation as a use in a wrong context (a misapplication of the passage).

¹² sn A quotation from Ps 91:12.

¹³ 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.

¹⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 118:22-23.

¹⁵ tn Grk “answering, he said to them.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (ajpokriqei") is redundant in English and has not been translated.

¹⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

¹⁷ sn With the statement not one stone will be left on another Jesus predicted the total destruction of the temple, something that did occur in a.d. 70.

¹⁸ tn Grk “not one stone will be left here on another which will not be thrown down.”