Matthew 12:34
Context12:34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
Matthew 17:19
Context17:19 Then the disciples came 1 to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”
Matthew 26:53
Context26:53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions 2 of angels right now?
Matthew 26:61
Context26:61 and declared, “This man 3 said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
Matthew 27:42
Context27:42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down 4 now from the cross, we will believe in him!


[17:19] 1 tn Grk “coming, the disciples said.” The participle προσελθόντες (proselqontes) has been translated as a finite verb to make the sequence of events clear in English.
[26:53] 1 sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so twelve legions would be 72,000.
[27:42] 1 tn Here the aorist imperative καταβάτω (katabatw) has been translated as a conditional imperative. This fits the pattern of other conditional imperatives (imperative + καί + future indicative) outlined by ExSyn 489.