5:27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ 13 5:28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
12:4 “I 14 tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, 15 and after that have nothing more they can do. 12:5 But I will warn 16 you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, 17 has authority to throw you 18 into hell. 19 Yes, I tell you, fear him!
12:8 “I 20 tell you, whoever acknowledges 21 me before men, 22 the Son of Man will also acknowledge 23 before God’s angels. 12:9 But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.
12:22 Then 24 Jesus 25 said to his 26 disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry 27 about your 28 life, what you will eat, or about your 29 body, what you will wear.
1 tc The majority of
2 tn Grk “whoever says to his brother ‘Raca,’” an Aramaic word of contempt or abuse meaning “fool” or “empty head.”
3 tn Grk “subjected,” “guilty,” “liable.”
4 tn Grk “the Sanhedrin.”
5 tn The meaning of the term μωρός (mwros) is somewhat disputed. Most take it to mean, following the Syriac versions, “you fool,” although some have argued that it represents a transliteration into Greek of the Hebrew term מוֹרֵה (moreh) “rebel” (Deut 21:18, 20; cf. BDAG 663 s.v. μωρός c).
6 tn Grk “subjected,” “guilty,” “liable.”
7 tn Grk “the Gehenna of fire.”
8 tn Grk “Make friends.”
9 tn The words “to court” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
10 tn Grk “the accuser.”
11 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
12 tn Here the English word “penny” is used as opposed to the parallel in Luke 12:59 where “cent” appears since the Greek word there is different and refers to a different but similar coin.
13 sn A quotation from Exod 20:14; Deut 5:17.
14 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
15 sn Judaism had a similar exhortation in 4 Macc 13:14-15.
16 tn Grk “will show,” but in this reflective context such a demonstration is a warning or exhortation.
17 sn The actual performer of the killing is not here specified. It could be understood to be God (so NASB, NRSV) but it could simply emphasize that, after a killing has taken place, it is God who casts the person into hell.
18 tn The direct object (“you”) is understood.
19 sn The word translated hell is “Gehenna” (γέεννα, geenna), a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew words ge hinnom (“Valley of Hinnom”). This was the valley along the south side of Jerusalem. In OT times it was used for human sacrifices to the pagan god Molech (cf. Jer 7:31; 19:5-6; 32:35), and it came to be used as a place where human excrement and rubbish were disposed of and burned. In the intertestamental period, it came to be used symbolically as the place of divine punishment (cf. 1 En. 27:2, 90:26; 4 Ezra 7:36).
20 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
21 tn Or “confesses.”
22 tn Although this is a generic reference and includes both males and females, in this context “men” has been retained because of the wordplay with the Son of Man and the contrast with the angels. The same is true of the occurrence of “men” in v. 9.
23 sn This acknowledgment will take place at the judgment. Of course, the Son of Man is a reference to Jesus as it has been throughout the Gospel. On Jesus and judgment, see 22:69; Acts 10:42-43; 17:31.
24 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Jesus’ remarks to the disciples are an application of the point made in the previous parable.
25 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
26 tc αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”) is lacking in Ì45vid,75 B 1241 c e. Although the addition of clarifying pronouns is a known scribal alteration, in this case it is probably better to view the dropping of the pronoun as the alteration in light of its minimal attestation.
27 tn Or “do not be anxious.”
28 tc Most
29 tc Some