Matthew 1:22

1:22 This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

Matthew 14:36

14:36 They begged him if ¹  they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Matthew 18:14

18:14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

Matthew 19:16

The Rich Young Man

19:16 Now ²  someone came up to him and said, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”

Matthew 26:41

26:41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 27:26

27:26 Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, ³  he handed him over ⁴  to be crucified. ⁵ 

Matthew 27:32

The Crucifixion

27:32 As ⁶  they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced ⁷  to carry his cross. ⁸ 

[14:36]  ¹ tn Grk “asked that they might touch.”

[19:16]  ¹ tn Grk “And behold one came.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1). Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[27:26]  ¹ tn The Greek term φραγελλόω (fragellow) refers to flogging. BDAG 1064 s.v. states, “flog, scourge, a punishment inflicted on slaves and provincials after a sentence of death had been pronounced on them. So in the case of Jesus before the crucifixion…Mt 27:26; Mk 15:15.”

[27:26]  ² tn Or “delivered him up.”

[27:26]  ³ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[27:32]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:32]  ² tn Or “conscripted”; or “pressed into service.”

[27:32]  ³ sn Jesus was beaten severely with a whip before this (the prelude to crucifixion, known to the Romans as verberatio, mentioned in Matt 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:1), so he would have been weak from trauma and loss of blood. Apparently he was unable to bear the cross himself, so Simon was conscripted to help (in all probability this was only the crossbeam, called in Latin the patibulum, since the upright beam usually remained in the ground at the place of execution). Cyrene was located in North Africa where Tripoli is today. Nothing more is known about this Simon. Mark 15:21 names him as father of two people apparently known to Mark’s audience.