Matthew 2:9

2:9 After listening to the king they left, and once again ¹  the star they saw when it rose ²  led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

Matthew 2:15

2:15 He stayed there until Herod ³  died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: “I called my Son out of Egypt.” ⁴ 

Matthew 5:25

5:25 Reach agreement ⁵  quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, ⁶  or he ⁷  may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

Matthew 10:23

10:23 Whenever ⁸  they persecute you in one place, ⁹  flee to another. I tell you the truth, ¹⁰  you will not finish going through all the towns ¹¹  of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 13:33

The Parable of the Yeast

13:33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with ¹²  three measures ¹³  of flour until all the dough had risen.” ¹⁴ 

Matthew 16:28

16:28 I tell you the truth, ¹⁵  there are some standing here who will not ¹⁶  experience ¹⁷  death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” ¹⁸ 

Matthew 17:9

17:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, ¹⁹  “Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

Matthew 20:8

20:8 When ²⁰  it was evening ²¹  the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and give the pay ²²  starting with the last hired until the first.’

Matthew 23:35

23:35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, ²³  whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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 ²⁴  to the other.

Matthew 26:29

26:29 I ²⁵  tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit ²⁶  of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Matthew 27:64

27:64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body ²⁷  and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

[2:9]  ¹ tn Grk “and behold the star.”

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

[2:15]  ³ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

[2:15]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Hos 11:1.

[5:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “Make friends.”

[5:25]  ⁶ tn The words “to court” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[5:25]  ⁷ tn Grk “the accuser.”

[10:23]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:23]  ⁸ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.”

[10:23]  ⁹ tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.

[10:23]  ¹⁰ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.” “Town” was chosen here to emphasize the extensive nature of the disciples’ ministry. The same word is translated earlier in the verse as “place.”

[13:33]  ⁹ tn Grk “hid in.”

[13:33]  ¹⁰ sn This measure was a saton, the Greek name for the Hebrew term “seah.” Three of these was a very large quantity of flour, since a saton is a little over 16 pounds (7 kg) of dry measure (or 13.13 liters). So this was over 47 lbs (21 kg) of flour total, enough to feed over a hundred people.

[13:33]  ¹¹ tn Grk “it was all leavened.”

[16:28]  ¹¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[16:28]  ¹² tn The Greek negative here (οὐ μή, ou mh) is the strongest possible.

[16:28]  ¹³ tn Grk “will not taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).

[16:28]  ¹⁴ sn Several suggestions have been made as to the referent for the phrase the Son of Man coming in his kingdom: (1) the transfiguration itself, which immediately follows in the narrative; (2) Jesus’ resurrection and ascension; (3) the coming of the Spirit; (4) Christ’s role in the Church; (5) the destruction of Jerusalem; (6) Jesus’ second coming and the establishment of the kingdom. The reference to six days later in 17:1 seems to indicate that Matthew had the transfiguration in mind insofar as it was a substantial prefiguring of the consummation of the kingdom (although this interpretation is not without its problems). As such, the transfiguration would be a tremendous confirmation to the disciples that even though Jesus had just finished speaking of his death (in vv. 21-23), he was nonetheless the promised Messiah and things were proceeding according to God’s plan.

[17:9]  ¹³ tn Grk “Jesus commanded them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

[20:8]  ¹⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[20:8]  ¹⁶ sn That is, six o’clock in the evening, the hour to pay day laborers. See Lev 19:13b.

[20:8]  ¹⁷ tc ‡ Most witnesses (including B D W Θ Ë^1,13 33^vid Ï latt sy) have αὐτοῖς (autois, “to them”) after ἀπόδος (apodos, “give the pay”), but this seems to be a motivated reading, clarifying the indirect object. The omission is supported by א C L Z 085 Or. Nevertheless, NA²⁷ includes the pronoun on the basis of the greater external attestation.

[23:35]  ¹⁷ sn Spelling of this name (Βαραχίου, Baraciou) varies among the English versions: “Barachiah” (RSV, NRSV); “Berechiah” (NASB); “Berachiah” (NIV).

[24:31]  ¹⁹ tn Or “of the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context.

[26:29]  ²¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:29]  ²² tn Grk “produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).

[27:64]  ²³ tn Grk “him.”