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Matthew 21:35

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21:35 But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, 1  killed another, and stoned another.

Matthew 24:49

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24:49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

Matthew 7:25

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7:25 The rain fell, the flood 2  came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

Matthew 7:27

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7:27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!” 3 

Matthew 26:67

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26:67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,

Matthew 27:30

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27:30 They 4  spat on him and took the staff 5  and struck him repeatedly 6  on the head.

Matthew 14:24

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14:24 Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, 7  was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

Matthew 11:17

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11:17 ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; 8 

we wailed in mourning, 9  yet you did not weep.’

Matthew 24:30

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24:30 Then 10  the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, 11  and 12  all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They 13  will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven 14  with power and great glory.
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[21:35]  1 sn The image of the tenants mistreating the owner’s slaves pictures the nation’s rejection of the prophets and their message.

[7:25]  2 tn Grk “the rivers.”

[7:27]  3 tn Grk “and great was its fall.”

[27:30]  4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[27:30]  5 tn Or “the reed.”

[27:30]  6 tn The verb here has been translated as an iterative imperfect.

[14:24]  5 tn Grk “The boat was already many stades from the land.” A stade (στάδιον, stadion) was a unit of distance about 607 feet (187 meters) long.

[11:17]  6 snWe played the flute for you, yet you did not dance…’ The children of this generation were making the complaint (see vv. 18-19) that others were not playing the game according to the way they played the music. John and Jesus did not follow “their tune.” Jesus’ complaint was that this generation wanted things their way, not God’s.

[11:17]  7 tn The verb ἐθρηνήσαμεν (eqrhnhsamen) refers to the loud wailing and lamenting used to mourn the dead in public in 1st century Jewish culture.

[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.



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