Matthew 16:3

16:3 and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ ¹  You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, ²  but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

Matthew 16:2

16:2 He ³  said, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’

Matthew 24:29-30

The Arrival of the Son of Man

24:29 “Immediately ⁴  after the suffering ⁵  of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. ⁶  24:30 Then ⁷  the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, ⁸  and ⁹  all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They ¹⁰  will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven ¹¹  with power and great glory.

Matthew 24:35

24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ¹² 

Matthew 5:18

5:18 I ¹³  tell you the truth, ¹⁴  until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter ¹⁵  will pass from the law until everything takes place.

Matthew 8:20

8:20 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky ¹⁶  have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” ¹⁷ 

Matthew 24:27

24:27 For just like the lightning ¹⁸  comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

Matthew 6:26

6:26 Look at the birds in the sky: ¹⁹  They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds ²⁰  them. Aren’t you more valuable ²¹  than they are?

Matthew 11:23

11:23 And you, Capernaum, ²²  will you be exalted to heaven? ²³  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! ²⁴  For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

Matthew 24:31

24:31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven ²⁵  to the other.

Matthew 26:64

26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ²⁶  of the Power ²⁷  and coming on the clouds of heaven.” ²⁸ 

[16:3]  ¹ tn Or “red and gloomy” (L&N 14.56).

[16:3]  ² tn Grk “The face of the sky you know how to discern.”

[16:2]  ³ tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.” The construction has been simplified in the translation and δέ (de) has not been translated.

[24:29]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[24:29]  ⁶ tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

[24:29]  ⁷ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.

[24:30]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[24:30]  ⁸ tn Or “in the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

[24:30]  ⁹ tn Here τότε (tote, “then”) has not been translated to avoid redundancy in English.

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

[24:30]  ¹¹ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13. Here is Jesus returning with full authority to judge.

[24:35]  ⁹ sn The words that Jesus predicts here will never pass away. They are more stable and lasting than creation itself. For this kind of image, see Isa 40:8; 55:10-11.

[5:18]  ¹¹ tn Grk “For I tell.” Here an explanatory γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

[5:18]  ¹² tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[5:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “Not one iota or one serif.”

[8:20]  ¹³ tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).

[8:20]  ¹⁴ sn Jesus’ reply is simply this: Does the man understand the rejection he will be facing? Jesus has no home in the world (the Son of Man has no place to lay his head).

[24:27]  ¹⁵ sn The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.

[6:26]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).

[6:26]  ¹⁸ tn Or “God gives them food to eat.” L&N 23.6 has both “to provide food for” and “to give food to someone to eat.”

[6:26]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “of more value.”

[11:23]  ¹⁹ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

[11:23]  ²⁰ tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.

[11:23]  ²¹ sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Luke 10:15; 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).

[24:31]  ²¹ tn Or “of the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

[26:64]  ²³ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.

[26:64]  ²⁴ sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

[26:64]  ²⁵ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).