Matthew 8:18

Challenging Professed Followers

8:18 Now when Jesus saw a large crowd 1  around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake. 2 

Matthew 14:5

14:5 Although 3  Herod 4  wanted to kill John, 5  he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

Matthew 15:10

True Defilement

15:10 Then he called the crowd to him and said, 6  “Listen and understand.

Matthew 17:14

The Disciples’ Failure to Heal

17:14 When 7  they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

1 tc ‡ Codex B and some Sahidic mss read simply ὄχλον (oclon, “crowd”), the reading that NA27 follows; the first hand of א, as well as Ë1 and a few others, has ὄχλους (oclous, “crowds”); other witnesses read πολὺν ὄχλον (polun oclon, “a large crowd”). But the reading most likely to be original seems to be πολλούς ὄχλους (pollou" oclou"). It is found in א2 C L Θ 0233 Ë13 33 Ï lat; it is judged to be superior on internal grounds (the possibility of accidental omission of πολλούς/πολύν in isolated witnesses) and, to a lesser extent, external grounds (geographically widespread, various texttypes). For reasons of English style, however, this phrase has been translated as “a large crowd.”

2 tn The phrase “of the lake” is not in the Greek text but is clearly implied; it has been supplied here for clarity.

3 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

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

5 tn Grk “him” (also in the following phrase, Grk “accepted him”); in both cases the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

5 tn Grk “And calling the crowd, he said to them.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos) has been translated as attendant circumstance. The emphasis here is upon Jesus’ speaking to the crowd.

7 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.