Matthew 4:23

Jesus’ Healing Ministry

4:23 Jesus ¹  went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, ²  preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 6:2

6:2 Thus whenever you do charitable giving, ³  do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues ⁴  and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, ⁵  they have their reward.

Matthew 6:5

Private Prayer

6:5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues ⁶  and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Matthew 9:35

Workers for the Harvest

9:35 Then Jesus went throughout all the towns ⁷  and villages, teaching in their synagogues, ⁸  preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness. ⁹ 

Matthew 13:54

13:54 Then ¹⁰  he came to his hometown ¹¹  and began to teach the people ¹²  in their synagogue. ¹³  They ¹⁴  were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

Matthew 23:34

23:34 “For this reason I ¹⁵  am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, ¹⁶  some of whom you will kill and crucify, ¹⁷  and some you will flog ¹⁸  in your synagogues ¹⁹  and pursue from town to town,

[4:23]  ¹ tn Grk “And he.”

[4:23]  ² sn Synagogues were places for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (cf. Luke 8:41). Though the origin of the synagogue is not entirely clear, it seems to have arisen in the postexilic community during the intertestamental period. A town could establish a synagogue if there were at least ten men. In normative Judaism of the NT period, the OT scripture was read and discussed in the synagogue by the men who were present (see the Mishnah, m. Megillah 3-4; m. Berakhot 2).

[6:2]  ³ tn Grk “give alms,” but this term is not in common use today. The giving of alms was highly regarded in the ancient world (Deut 15:7-11).

[6:2]  ⁴ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[6:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[6:5]  ⁵ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[9:35]  ⁷ tn Or “cities.”

[9:35]  ⁸ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[9:35]  ⁹ tn Grk “and every [kind of] sickness.” Here “every” was not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:54]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

[13:54]  ¹⁰ sn Jesus’ hometown (where he spent his childhood years) was Nazareth, about 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Capernaum.

[13:54]  ¹¹ tn Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:54]  ¹² sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23. Jesus undoubtedly took the opportunity on this occasion to speak about his person and mission, and the relation of both to OT fulfillment.

[13:54]  ¹³ tn Grk “synagogue, so that they.” Here ὥστε (Jwste) has not been translated. Instead a new sentence was started in the translation.

[23:34]  ¹¹ tn Grk “behold I am sending.” 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).

[23:34]  ¹² tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:34]  ¹³ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[23:34]  ¹⁴ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

[23:34]  ¹⁵ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.