Matthew 10:18

10:18 And you will be brought before governors and kings ¹  because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

Matthew 20:19

20:19 and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely ²  and crucified. ³  Yet ⁴  on the third day, he will be raised.”

Matthew 24:14

24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, ⁵  and then the end will come.

Matthew 12:18

12:18 “Here is ⁶  my servant whom I have chosen,

the one I love, in whom I take great delight. ⁷ 

I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

[10:18]  ¹ sn These statements look at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of courts and synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to governors and kings suggests. Some fulfillment of Jewish persecution can be seen in Acts.

[20:19]  ² 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.

[20:19]  ³ 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.

[20:19]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[24:14]  ³ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “nations” or “Gentiles”).

[12:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “Behold my servant.”

[12:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “in whom my soul is well pleased.”