Matthew 5:2

5:2 Then ¹  he began to teach ²  them by saying:

Matthew 20:33

20:33 They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.”

Matthew 7:7-8

Ask, Seek, Knock

7:7 “Ask ³  and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door ⁴  will be opened for you. 7:8 For everyone who asks ⁵  receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 27:52

27:52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died ⁶  were raised.

Matthew 9:30

9:30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about this.”

Matthew 3:16

3:16 After ⁷  Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the ⁸  heavens ⁹  opened ¹⁰  and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove ¹¹  and coming on him.

Matthew 2:11

2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down ¹²  and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, ¹³  and myrrh. ¹⁴ 

Matthew 17:27

17:27 But so that we don’t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. ¹⁵  Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

Matthew 16:19

16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² tn Grk “And opening his mouth he taught them, saying.” The imperfect verb ἐδίδασκεν (edidasken) has been translated ingressively.

³ sn The three present imperatives in this verse (Ask…seek…knock) are probably intended to call for a repeated or continual approach before God.

⁴ tn Grk “it”; the referent (a door) is implied by the context and has been specified in the translation here and in v. 8 for clarity.

⁵ sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 7 with the encouragement that God does respond.

⁷ tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.

⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹⁰ tn Grk “behold the heavens.” 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).

¹¹ tn Or “sky.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ourano") may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The same word is used in v. 17.

¹² tc ‡ αὐτῷ (autw, “to/before him”) is found in the majority of witnesses (א¹ C D^s L W 0233 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat), perhaps added as a point of clarification or emphasis. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

¹³ sn The phrase like a dove is a descriptive comparison. The Spirit is not a dove, but descended like one in some sort of bodily representation.

¹¹ tn Grk “they fell down.” 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.”

¹² sn Frankincense refers to the aromatic resin of certain trees, used as a sweet-smelling incense (L&N 6.212).

¹³ sn Myrrh consisted of the aromatic resin of certain shrubs (L&N 6.208). It was used in preparing a corpse for burial.

¹³ sn The four drachma coin was a stater (στατήρ, stathr), a silver coin worth four drachmas. One drachma was equivalent to one denarius, the standard pay for a day’s labor (L&N 6.80).