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 23:36

23:36 I tell you the truth, ²  this generation will be held responsible for all these things! ³ 

Matthew 24:34

24:34 I tell you the truth, ⁴  this generation ⁵  will not pass away until all these things take place.

Matthew 11:16

11:16 “To ⁶  what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, ⁷ 

Matthew 16:4

16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then ⁸  he left them and went away.

Matthew 12:39

12:39 But he answered them, ⁹  “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Matthew 12:41-42

12:41 The people ¹⁰  of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them ¹¹  – and now, ¹²  something greater than Jonah is here! 12:42 The queen of the South ¹³  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, ¹⁴  something greater than Solomon is here!

Matthew 17:17

17:17 Jesus answered, ¹⁵  “You ¹⁶  unbelieving ¹⁷  and perverse generation! How much longer ¹⁸  must I be with you? How much longer must I endure ¹⁹  you? ²⁰  Bring him here to me.”

Matthew 12:45

12:45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so ²¹  the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

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

[23:36]  ² tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[23:36]  ³ tn Grk “all these things will come on this generation.”

[24:34]  ³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[24:34]  ⁴ sn This is one of the hardest verses in the gospels to interpret. Various views exist for what generation means. (1) Some take it as meaning “race” and thus as an assurance that the Jewish race (nation) will not pass away. But it is very questionable that the Greek term γενεά (genea) can have this meaning. Two other options are possible. (2) Generation might mean “this type of generation” and refer to the generation of wicked humanity. Then the point is that humanity will not perish, because God will redeem it. Or (3) generation may refer to “the generation that sees the signs of the end” (v. 30), who will also see the end itself. In other words, once the movement to the return of Christ starts, all the events connected with it happen very quickly, in rapid succession.

[11:16]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[11:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “who call out to one another, saying.” The participle λέγουσιν (legousin) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[16:4]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[12:39]  ⁶ tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[12:41]  ⁷ tn Grk “men”; the word here (ἀνήρ, anhr) usually indicates males or husbands, but occasionally is used in a generic sense of people in general, as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 1.a, 2).

[12:41]  ⁸ tn Grk “at the preaching of Jonah.”

[12:41]  ⁹ tn Grk “behold.”

[12:42]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ tn Grk “behold.”

[17:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.

[17:17]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “O.” The marker of direct address, ὦ (w), is functionally equivalent to a vocative and is represented in the translation by “you.”

[17:17]  ¹¹ tn Or “faithless.”

[17:17]  ¹² tn Grk “how long.”

[17:17]  ¹³ tn Or “put up with.” See Num 11:12; Isa 46:4.

[17:17]  ¹⁴ sn The pronouns you…you are plural, indicating that Jesus is speaking to a group rather than an individual.

[12:45]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.