Matthew 8:11

8:11 I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet ¹  with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ²  in the kingdom of heaven,

Matthew 9:10

9:10 As ³  Jesus ⁴  was having a meal ⁵  in Matthew’s ⁶  house, many tax collectors ⁷  and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

Matthew 11:5

11:5 The blind see, the ⁸  lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

Matthew 17:1

The Transfiguration

17:1 Six days later ⁹  Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, ¹⁰  and led them privately up a high mountain.

Matthew 18:25

18:25 Because ¹¹  he was not able to repay it, ¹²  the lord ordered him to be sold, along with ¹³  his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

Matthew 20:19

20:19 and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely ¹⁴  and crucified. ¹⁵  Yet ¹⁶  on the third day, he will be raised.”

Matthew 25:43

25:43 I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’

Matthew 27:36

27:36 Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.

¹ tn Grk “and recline at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away. The word “banquet” has been supplied to clarify for the modern reader the festive nature of the imagery. The banquet imagery is a way to describe the fellowship and celebration of being among the people of God at the end.

² tn Grk “and Isaac and Jacob,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

³ tn Grk “And it happened that while.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “was reclining at table.”

⁶ tn Grk “in the house.” The Greek article is used here in a context that implies possession, and the referent of the implied possessive pronoun (Matthew) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ sn See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

⁵ tn Grk “and the,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more. Two other conjunctions are omitted in this series.

⁷ tn Grk “And after six days.”

⁸ tn Grk “John his brother” with “his” referring to James.

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

¹⁰ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

¹¹ tn Grk “and his wife.”

¹¹ tn Traditionally, “scourged” (the term means to beat severely with a whip, L&N 19.9). BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “The ‘verberatio’ is denoted in the passion predictions and explicitly as action by non-Israelites Mt 20:19; Mk 10:34; Lk 18:33”; the verberatio was the beating given to those condemned to death in the Roman judicial system. Here the term μαστιγόω (mastigow) has been translated “flog…severely” to distinguish it from the term φραγελλόω (fragellow) used in Matt 27:26; Mark 15:15.

¹² sn Crucifixion was the cruelest form of punishment practiced by the Romans. Roman citizens could not normally undergo it. It was reserved for the worst crimes, like treason and evasion of due process in a capital case. The Roman historian Cicero called it “a cruel and disgusting penalty” (Against Verres 2.5.63-66 §§163-70); Josephus (J. W. 7.6.4 [7.203]) called it the worst of deaths.

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast present in this context.