Matthew 14:27

14:27 But immediately Jesus ¹  spoke to them: ²  “Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

Matthew 18:20

18:20 For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”

Matthew 24:5

24:5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ ³  and they will mislead many.

Matthew 26:22

26:22 They ⁴  became greatly distressed ⁵  and each one began to say to him, “Surely not I, Lord?”

Matthew 27:43

27:43 He trusts in God – let God, if he wants to, deliver him now ⁶  because he said, ‘I am God’s Son’!”

[14:27]  ¹ tc Most witnesses have ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo Ihsous, “Jesus”), while a few lack the words (א* D 073 892 pc ff¹ sy^c sa bo). Although such additions are often suspect (due to liturgical influences, piety, or for the sake of clarity), in this case it is likely that ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς dropped out accidentally. Apart from a few albeit important witnesses, as noted above, the rest of the tradition has either ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς αὐτοῖς (Jo Ihsous autois) or αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (autois Jo Ihsous). In uncial letters, with Jesus’ name as a nomen sacrum, this would have been written as autoisois_ or ois_autois. Thus homoioteleuton could explain the reason for the omission of Jesus’ name.

[14:27]  ² tn Grk “he said to them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

[24:5]  ³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[26:22]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:22]  ⁶ tn The participle λυπούμενοι (lupoumenoi) has been translated as a finite verb to make the sequence of events clear in English.

[27:43]  ⁷ sn An allusion to Ps 22:8.