Matthew 20:13

20:13 And the landowner ¹  replied to one of them, ²  ‘Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn’t you agree with me to work for the standard wage? ³ 

Matthew 20:2

20:2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, ⁴  he sent them into his vineyard.

Matthew 16:17

16:17 And Jesus answered him, ⁵  “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood ⁶  did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!

Psalms 41:9

41:9 Even my close friend ⁷  whom I trusted,

he who shared meals with me, has turned against me. ⁸ 

Psalms 55:13-14

55:13 But it is you, ⁹  a man like me, ¹⁰ 

my close friend in whom I confided. ¹¹ 

55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; ¹² 

in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.

Luke 22:48

22:48 But Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?” ¹³ 

[20:13]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the landowner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:13]  ² tn Grk “And answering, he said to one of them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

[20:13]  ³ tn Grk “for a denarius a day.”

[20:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “agreeing with the workers for a denarius a day.”

[16:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “answering, Jesus said to him.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant, but the syntax of this phrase has been modified for clarity.

[16:17]  ⁶ tn The expression “flesh and blood” could refer to “any human being” (so TEV, NLT; cf. NIV “man”), but it could also refer to Peter himself (i.e., his own intuition; cf. CEV “You didn’t discover this on your own”). Because of the ambiguity of the referent, the phrase “flesh and blood” has been retained in the translation.

[41:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “man of my peace.” The phrase here refers to one’s trusted friend (see Jer 38:22; Obad 7).

[41:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “has made a heel great against me.” The precise meaning of this phrase, which appears only here, is uncertain.

[55:13]  ⁹ sn It is you. The psalmist addresses the apparent ringleader of the opposition, an individual who was once his friend.

[55:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “a man according to my value,” i.e., “a person such as I.”

[55:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “my close friend, one known by me.”

[55:14]  ¹² tn Heb “who together we would make counsel sweet.” The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the ongoing nature of the actions (the so-called customary use of the imperfect). Their relationship was characterized by such intimacy and friendship. See IBHS 502-3 §31.2b.

[22:48]  ¹³ sn Jesus’ comment about betraying the Son of Man with a kiss shows the hypocrisy and blindness of an attempt to cover up sin. On “misused kisses” in the Bible, see Gen 27:26-27; 2 Sam 15:5; Prov 7:13; 27:6; and 2 Sam 20:9.