Matthew 12:43

The Return of the Unclean Spirit

12:43 “When ¹  an unclean spirit ²  goes out of a person, ³  it passes through waterless places ⁴  looking for rest but ⁵  does not find it.

Matthew 13:41

13:41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. ⁶ 

Matthew 17:22

Second Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

17:22 When ⁷  they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. ⁸ 

Matthew 19:10

19:10 The ⁹  disciples said to him, “If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”

Matthew 20:18

20:18 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. ¹⁰  They will condemn him to death,

Matthew 20:28

20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom ¹¹  for many.”

Matthew 24:27

24:27 For just like the lightning ¹²  comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Matthew 24:39

24:39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. ¹³  It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man. ¹⁴ 

Matthew 25:31

The Judgment

25:31 “When ¹⁵  the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

Matthew 26:2

26:2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over ¹⁶  to be crucified.” ¹⁷ 

[12:43]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:43]  ² sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.

[12:43]  ³ tn Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females. This same use occurs in v. 45.

[12:43]  ⁴ sn The background for the reference to waterless places is not entirely clear, though some Jewish texts suggest spirits must have a place to dwell, but not with water (Luke 8:29-31; Tob 8:3). Some suggest that the image of the desert or deserted cities as the places demons dwell is where this idea started (Isa 13:21; 34:14).

[12:43]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[13:41]  ⁶ tn Grk “the ones who practice lawlessness.”

[17:22]  ¹¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[17:22]  ¹² tn The plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) is considered by some to be used here in a generic sense, referring to both men and women (cf. NRSV “into human hands”; TEV, CEV “to people”). However, because this can be taken as a specific reference to the group responsible for Jesus’ arrest, where it is unlikely women were present (cf. Matt 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12), the word “men” has been retained in the translation. There may also be a slight wordplay with “the Son of Man” earlier in the verse.

[19:10]  ¹⁶ tc ‡ Some significant witnesses, along with the majority of later mss (̲⁵ C D L W Z 078 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat sy sa^mss bo), read αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”) after μαθηταί (maqhtai, “disciples”), but this looks to be a clarifying reading. Other early and important witnesses lack the pronoun (Ì^71vid א B Θ e ff¹ g¹ sa^ms mae), the reading adopted here. NA²⁷ includes the pronoun in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[20:18]  ²¹ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[20:28]  ²⁶ sn The Greek word for ransom (λύτρον, lutron) is found here and in Mark 10:45 and refers to the payment of a price in order to purchase the freedom of a slave. The idea of Jesus as the “ransom” is that he paid the price with his own life by standing in our place as a substitute, enduring the judgment that we deserved for sin.

[24:27]  ³¹ sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.

[24:39]  ³⁶ sn Like the flood that came and took them all away, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many.

[24:39]  ³⁷ tn Grk “So also will be the coming of the Son of Man.”

[25:31]  ⁴¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:2]  ⁴⁶ tn Or “will be delivered up.”

[26:2]  ⁴⁷ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.