Matthew 14:5

14:5 Although ¹  Herod ²  wanted to kill John, ³  he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

Matthew 17:23

17:23 They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they became greatly distressed.

Matthew 21:39

21:39 So ⁴  they seized him, ⁵  threw him out of the vineyard, ⁶  and killed him.

Matthew 22:6

22:6 The ⁷  rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.

Matthew 26:4

26:4 They ⁸  planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Matthew 10:28

10:28 Do ⁹  not be afraid of those who kill the body ¹⁰  but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ¹¹ 

Matthew 21:35

21:35 But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, ¹²  killed another, and stoned another.

Matthew 24:9

Persecution of Disciples

24:9 “Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations ¹³  because of my name. ¹⁴ 

Matthew 16:21

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

16:21 From that time on ¹⁵  Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem ¹⁶  and suffer ¹⁷  many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ¹⁸  and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

Matthew 21:38

21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

Matthew 23:34

23:34 “For this reason I ¹⁹  am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, ²⁰  some of whom you will kill and crucify, ²¹  and some you will flog ²²  in your synagogues ²³  and pursue from town to town,

Matthew 23:37

Judgment on Israel

23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ²⁴  you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! ²⁵  How often I have longed ²⁶  to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but ²⁷  you would have none of it! ²⁸ 

[14:5]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[14:5]  ² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Herod) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:5]  ³ tn Grk “him” (also in the following phrase, Grk “accepted him”); in both cases the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:39]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the tenants’ decision to kill the son in v. 38.

[21:39]  ⁵ tn Grk “seizing him.” The participle λαβόντες (labontes) has been translated as attendant circumstance.

[21:39]  ⁶ sn Throwing the heir out of the vineyard pictures Jesus’ death outside of Jerusalem.

[22:6]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:4]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[10:28]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[10:28]  ¹⁴ sn Judaism had a similar exhortation in 4 Macc 13:14-15.

[10:28]  ¹⁵ sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.

[21:35]  ¹⁶ sn The image of the tenants mistreating the owner’s slaves pictures the nation’s rejection of the prophets and their message.

[24:9]  ¹⁹ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “nations” or “Gentiles”).

[24:9]  ²⁰ sn See Matt 5:10-12; 1 Cor 1:25-31.

[16:21]  ²² tn Grk “From then.”

[16:21]  ²³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:21]  ²⁴ sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

[16:21]  ²⁵ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:34]  ²⁵ tn Grk “behold I am sending.” 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).

[23:34]  ²⁶ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:34]  ²⁷ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[23:34]  ²⁸ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

[23:34]  ²⁹ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[23:37]  ²⁸ sn The double use of the city’s name betrays intense emotion.

[23:37]  ²⁹ tn Although the opening address (“Jerusalem, Jerusalem”) is direct (second person), the remainder of this sentence in the Greek text is third person (“who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her”). The following sentences then revert to second person (“your… you”), so to keep all this consistent in English, the third person pronouns in the present verse were translated as second person (“you who kill… sent to you”).

[23:37]  ³⁰ sn How often I have longed to gather your children. Jesus, like a lamenting prophet, speaks for God here, who longed to care tenderly for Israel and protect her.

[23:37]  ³¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[23:37]  ³² tn Grk “you were not willing.”