Matthew 7:22

7:22 On that day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do ¹  many powerful deeds?’

Matthew 11:21

11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! ²  Woe to you, Bethsaida! If ³  the miracles ⁴  done in you had been done in Tyre ⁵  and Sidon, ⁶  they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 11:23

11:23 And you, Capernaum, ⁷  will you be exalted to heaven? ⁸  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! ⁹  For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

Matthew 13:54

13:54 Then ¹⁰  he came to his hometown ¹¹  and began to teach the people ¹²  in their synagogue. ¹³  They ¹⁴  were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

Matthew 14:2

14:2 and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Matthew 24:29

The Arrival of the Son of Man

24:29 “Immediately ¹⁵  after the suffering ¹⁶  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. ¹⁷ 

Matthew 26:64

26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ¹⁸  of the Power ¹⁹  and coming on the clouds of heaven.” ²⁰ 

¹ tn Grk “and in your name do.” This phrase was not repeated here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² sn Chorazin was a town of Galilee that was probably fairly small in contrast to Bethsaida and is otherwise unattested. Bethsaida was declared a polis by the tetrarch Herod Philip, sometime after a.d. 30.

³ tn This introduces a second class (contrary to fact) condition in the Greek text.

⁴ tn Or “powerful deeds.”

⁵ map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁶ sn Tyre and Sidon are two other notorious OT cities (Isa 23; Jer 25:22; 47:4). The remark is a severe rebuke, in effect: “Even the sinners of the old era would have responded to the proclamation of the kingdom, unlike you!”

³ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

⁴ tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.

⁵ sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Luke 10:15; 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

⁵ sn Jesus’ hometown (where he spent his childhood years) was Nazareth, about 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Capernaum.

⁶ tn Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23. Jesus undoubtedly took the opportunity on this occasion to speak about his person and mission, and the relation of both to OT fulfillment.

⁸ tn Grk “synagogue, so that they.” Here ὥστε (Jwste) has not been translated. Instead a new sentence was started in the translation.

⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁶ tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

⁷ 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.

⁶ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.

⁷ sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

⁸ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).