Matthew 5:5

5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Matthew 9:26

9:26 And the news of this spread throughout that region. ¹ 

Matthew 9:31

9:31 But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region. ² 

Matthew 11:24

11:24 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom ³  on the day of judgment than for you!”

Matthew 27:45

Jesus’ Death

27:45 Now from noon until three, ⁴  darkness came over all the land. ⁵ 

¹ tn For the translation of τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην (thn ghn ekeinhn) as “that region,” see L&N 1.79.

¹ tn For the translation of τὴν γῆν ἐκείνην (thn ghn ekeinhn) as “that region,” see L&N 1.79.

¹ sn The allusion to Sodom, the most wicked of OT cities from Gen 19:1-29, shows that to reject the current message is even more serious, and will result in more severe punishment, than the worst sins of the old era. The phrase region of Sodom is in emphatic position in the Greek text.

¹ tn Grk “from the sixth hour to the ninth hour.”

² sn This imagery has parallels to the Day of the Lord: Joel 2:10; Amos 8:9; Zeph 1:15.