Matthew 17:6

17:6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ¹ 

Matthew 19:25

19:25 The ²  disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said, “Then who can be saved?” ³ 

Matthew 20:24

20:24 Now ⁴  when the other ten ⁵  heard this, ⁶  they were angry with the two brothers.

Matthew 22:22

22:22 Now when they heard this they were stunned, ⁷  and they left him and went away.

Matthew 22:33-34

22:33 When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.

The Greatest Commandment

22:34 Now when the Pharisees ⁸  heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, ⁹  they assembled together. ¹⁰ 

Matthew 27:47

27:47 When ¹¹  some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.”

Matthew 15:12

15:12 Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that when the Pharisees ¹²  heard this saying they were offended?”

Matthew 21:45

21:45 When ¹³  the chief priests and the Pharisees ¹⁴  heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

Matthew 12:24

12:24 But when the Pharisees ¹⁵  heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, ¹⁶  the ruler ¹⁷  of demons!”

Matthew 14:13

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

14:13 Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, ¹⁸  they followed him on foot from the towns. ¹⁹ 

Matthew 20:30

20:30 Two ²⁰  blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, ²¹  “Have mercy ²²  on us, Lord, Son of David!” ²³ 

Matthew 2:9

2:9 After listening to the king they left, and once again ²⁴  the star they saw when it rose ²⁵  led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

[17:6]  ¹ tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[19:25]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[19:25]  ³ sn The assumption is that the rich are blessed, so if they risk exclusion, who is left to be saved?

[20:24]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[20:24]  ⁴ tn Grk “the ten.”

[20:24]  ⁵ tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[22:22]  ⁴ tn Grk “they were amazed; they marveled.”

[22:34]  ⁵ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[22:34]  ⁶ sn See the note on Sadducees in 3:7.

[22:34]  ⁷ tn Grk “for the same.” That is, for the same purpose that the Sadducees had of testing Jesus.

[27:47]  ⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[15:12]  ⁷ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[21:45]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[21:45]  ⁹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[12:24]  ⁹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[12:24]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”

[12:24]  ¹¹ tn Or “prince.”

[14:13]  ¹⁰ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[14:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “cities.”

[20:30]  ¹¹ tn Grk “And behold.” 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).

[20:30]  ¹² tn Grk “shouted, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[20:30]  ¹³ sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. It is not owed to the men. They simply ask for God’s kind grace.

[20:30]  ¹⁴ sn There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

[2:9]  ¹² tn Grk “and behold the star.”

[2:9]  ¹³ tn See the note on the word “rose” in 2:2.