Matthew 16:14

16:14 They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, ¹  and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Matthew 2:23

2:23 He came to a town called Nazareth ²  and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus ³  would be called a Nazarene. ⁴ 

Matthew 23:29-30

23:29 “Woe to you, experts in the law ⁵  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You ⁶  build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves ⁷  of the righteous. 23:30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, ⁸  we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Matthew 26:56

26:56 But this has happened so that ⁹  the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

[16:14]  ¹ sn The appearance of Elijah would mean that the end time had come. According to 2 Kgs 2:11, Elijah was still alive. In Mal 4:5 it is said that Elijah would be the precursor of Messiah.

[2:23]  ² sn Nazareth was a very small village in the region of Galilee (Galilee lay north of Samaria and Judea). The town was located about 15 mi (25 km) west of the southern edge of the Sea of Galilee. According to Luke 1:26, Mary was living in Nazareth when the birth of Jesus was announced to her.

[2:23]  ³ tn There is no expressed subject of the third person singular verb here; the pronoun “he” is implied. Instead of this pronoun the referent “Jesus” has been supplied in the text to clarify to whom this statement refers.

[2:23]  ⁴ tn The Greek could be indirect discourse (as in the text), or direct discourse (“he will be called a Nazarene”). Judging by the difficulty of finding OT quotations (as implied in the plural “prophets”) to match the wording here, it appears that the author was using a current expression of scorn that conceptually (but not verbally) found its roots in the OT.

[23:29]  ³ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “Because you.” Here ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated.

[23:29]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “the monuments” (see L&N 7.75-76).

[23:30]  ⁴ tn Grk “fathers” (so also in v. 32).

[26:56]  ⁵ tn Grk “But so that”; the verb “has happened” is implied.