Matthew 1:17

1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to Christ, ¹  fourteen generations.

Matthew 2:22

2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus ²  was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, ³  he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

Matthew 10:14

10:14 And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off ⁴  your feet as you leave that house or that town.

Matthew 12:42

12:42 The queen of the South ⁵  will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, ⁶  something greater than Solomon is here!

Matthew 18:18

18:18 “I tell you the truth, ⁷  whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

Matthew 19:1

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19:1 Now when ⁸  Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River. ⁹ 

Matthew 26:29

26:29 I ¹⁰  tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit ¹¹  of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Matthew 27:64

27:64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body ¹²  and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

[1:17]  ¹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[2:22]  ² sn Archelaus took after his father Herod the Great in terms of cruelty and ruthlessness, so Joseph was afraid to go there. After further direction in a dream, he went instead to Galilee.

[2:22]  ³ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

[10:14]  ³ sn To shake the dust off represented shaking off the uncleanness from one’s feet; see Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; 18:6. It was a sign of rejection.

[12:42]  ⁴ sn On the queen of the South see 1 Kgs 10:1-3 and 2 Chr 9:1-12, as well as Josephus, Ant. 8.6.5-6 (8.165-175). The South most likely refers to modern southwest Arabia, possibly the eastern part of modern Yemen, although there is an ancient tradition reflected in Josephus which identifies this geo-political entity as Ethiopia.

[12:42]  ⁵ tn Grk “behold.”

[18:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[19:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “it happened when.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[19:1]  ⁷ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity. The region referred to here is sometimes known as Transjordan (i.e., “across the Jordan”).

[26:29]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:29]  ⁸ tn Grk “produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).

[27:64]  ⁸ tn Grk “him.”