Matthew 4:20

4:20 They ¹  left their nets immediately and followed him. ² 

Matthew 4:22

4:22 They ³  immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

Matthew 26:49

26:49 Immediately ⁴  he went up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi,” and kissed him. ⁵ 

Matthew 14:31

14:31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

Matthew 20:34

20:34 Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Matthew 26:74

26:74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed. ⁶ 

Matthew 8:3

8:3 He stretched out his hand and touched ⁷  him saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Matthew 13:5

13:5 Other ⁸  seeds fell on rocky ground ⁹  where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep. ¹⁰ 

Matthew 14:22

Walking on Water

14:22 Immediately Jesus ¹¹  made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds.

Matthew 21:2

21:2 telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. ¹²  Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

Matthew 25:15

25:15 To ¹³  one he gave five talents, ¹⁴  to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

Matthew 27:48

27:48 Immediately ¹⁵  one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, ¹⁶  put it on a stick, ¹⁷  and gave it to him to drink.

Matthew 24:29

The Arrival of the Son of Man

24:29 “Immediately ¹⁸  after the suffering ¹⁹  of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. ²⁰ 

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² sn The expression followed him pictures discipleship, which means that to learn from Jesus is to follow him as the guiding priority of one’s life.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁶ sn Judas’ act of betrayal when he kissed Jesus is especially sinister when it is realized that it was common in the culture of the times for a disciple to kiss his master when greeting him.

⁷ tn It seems most likely that this refers to a real rooster crowing, although a number of scholars have suggested that “cockcrow” is a technical term referring to the trumpet call which ended the third watch of the night (from midnight to 3 a.m.). This would then be a reference to the Roman gallicinium (ἀλεκτοροφωνία, alektorofwnia; the term is used in Mark 13:35 and is found in some mss [Ì^37vid,45 ˹] in Matt 26:34) which would have been sounded at 3 a.m.; in this case Jesus would have prophesied a precise time by which the denials would have taken place. For more details see J. H. Bernard, St. John (ICC), 2:604. However, in light of the fact that Mark mentions the rooster crowing twice (Mark 14:72) and in Luke 22:60 the words are reversed (ἐφώνησεν ἀλέκτωρ, efwnhsen alektwr), it is more probable that a real rooster is in view. In any event natural cockcrow would have occurred at approximately 3 a.m. in Palestine at this time of year (March-April) anyway.

⁹ sn Touched. This touch would have rendered Jesus ceremonially unclean (Lev 14:46; also Mishnah, m. Nega’im 3.1; 11.1; 12.1; 13.6-12).

¹¹ tn Here and in vv. 7 and 8 δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹² sn The rocky ground in Palestine would be a limestone base lying right under the soil.

¹³ tn Grk “it did not have enough depth of earth.”

¹³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).

¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

¹⁸ sn A talent was equal to 6000 denarii. See the note on this term in 18:24.

¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

²⁰ sn Sour wine refers to cheap wine that was called in Latin posca, a cheap vinegar wine diluted heavily with water. It was the drink of slaves and soldiers, and was probably there for the soldiers who had performed the crucifixion.

²¹ tn Grk “a reed.”

²¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

²² tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

²³ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.