Matthew 13:26

13:26 When ¹  the plants sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

Matthew 2:7

2:7 Then Herod ²  privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.

Matthew 2:19

The Return to Nazareth

2:19 After Herod ³  had died, an ⁴  angel of the Lord ⁵  appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

Matthew 23:28

23:28 In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 9:33

9:33 After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”

Matthew 23:27

23:27 “Woe to you, experts in the law ⁶  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean. ⁷ 

Matthew 24:27

24:27 For just like the lightning ⁸  comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Matthew 6:5

Private Prayer

6:5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues ⁹  and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Matthew 6:16

Proper Fasting

6:16 “When ¹⁰  you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive ¹¹  so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, ¹²  they have their reward.

Matthew 6:18

6:18 so that it will not be obvious to others when you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 1:20

1:20 When he had contemplated this, an ¹³  angel of the Lord ¹⁴  appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:13

The Escape to Egypt

2:13 After they had gone, an ¹⁵  angel of the Lord ¹⁶  appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod ¹⁷  is going to look for the child to kill him.”

Matthew 24:30

24:30 Then ¹⁸  the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, ¹⁹  and ²⁰  all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They ²¹  will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven ²²  with power and great glory.

[13:26]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[2:7]  ² sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

[2:19]  ³ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. When Herod the Great died in 4 b.c., his kingdom was divided up among his three sons: Archelaus, who ruled over Judea (where Bethlehem was located, v. 22); Philip, who became tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis (cf. Luke 3:1); and Antipas, who became tetrarch of Galilee.

[2:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “behold, an angel.” 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).

[2:19]  ⁵ tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” See the note on the word “Lord” in 1:20.

[23:27]  ⁴ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:27]  ⁵ sn This was an idiom for hypocrisy – just as the wall was painted on the outside but something different on the inside, so this person was not what he appeared or pretended to be (for discussion of a similar metaphor, see L&N 88.234; BDAG 1010 s.v. τοῖχος). See Deut 28:22; Ezek 13:10-16; Acts 23:3.

[24:27]  ⁵ sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.

[6:5]  ⁶ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[6:16]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[6:16]  ⁸ tn Here the term “disfigure” used in a number of translations was not used because it could convey to the modern reader the notion of mutilation. L&N 79.17 states, “‘to make unsightly, to disfigure, to make ugly.’ ἀφανίζουσιν γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ‘for they make their faces unsightly’ Mt 6:16.”

[6:16]  ⁹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[1:20]  ⁸ tn Grk “behold, an angel.” 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).

[1:20]  ⁹ tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” Linguistically, “angel of the Lord” is the same in both testaments (and thus, he is either “an angel of the Lord” or “the angel of the Lord” in both testaments). For arguments and implications, see ExSyn 252; M. J. Davidson, “Angels,” DJG, 9; W. G. MacDonald argues for “an angel” in both testaments: “Christology and ‘The Angel of the Lord’,” Current Issues in Biblical and Patristic Interpretation, 324-35.

[2:13]  ⁹ tn Grk “behold, an angel.” 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).

[2:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” See the note on the word “Lord” in 1:20.

[2:13]  ¹¹ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Herod the Great was particularly ruthless regarding the succession to his throne.

[24:30]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ¹¹ tn Or “in the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

[24:30]  ¹² tn Here τότε (tote, “then”) has not been translated to avoid redundancy in English.

[24:30]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ¹⁴ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full authority to judge.