Matthew 4:24

4:24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People ¹  brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, ²  paralytics, and those possessed by demons, ³  and he healed them.

Matthew 9:6

9:6 But so that you may know ⁴  that the Son of Man ⁵  has authority on earth to forgive sins” – then he said to the paralytic ⁶  – “Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” ⁷ 

Matthew 11:21

11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! ⁸  Woe to you, Bethsaida! If ⁹  the miracles ¹⁰  done in you had been done in Tyre ¹¹  and Sidon, ¹²  they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 11:23

11:23 And you, Capernaum, ¹³  will you be exalted to heaven? ¹⁴  No, you will be thrown down to Hades! ¹⁵  For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.

Matthew 16:18

16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades ¹⁶  will not overpower it.

Matthew 21:23

The Authority of Jesus

21:23 Now after Jesus ¹⁷  entered the temple courts, ¹⁸  the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority ¹⁹  are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

[4:24]  ¹ tn Grk “And they”; “they” is probably an indefinite plural, referring to people in general rather than to the Syrians (cf. v. 25).

[4:24]  ² tn Grk “those who were moonstruck,” possibly meaning “lunatic” (so NAB), although now the term is generally regarded as referring to some sort of seizure disorder such as epilepsy (L&N 23.169; BDAG 919 s.v. σεληνιάζομαι).

[4:24]  ³ tn The translation has adopted a different phrase order here than that in the Greek text. The Greek text reads, “People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those possessed by demons, epileptics, and paralytics.” Even though it is obvious that four separate groups of people are in view here, following the Greek word order could lead to the misconception that certain people were possessed by epileptics and paralytics. The word order adopted in the translation avoids this problem.

[9:6]  ⁴ sn Now Jesus put the two actions together. The walking of the man would be proof (so that you may know) that his sins were forgiven and that God had worked through Jesus (i.e., the Son of Man).

[9:6]  ⁵ sn The term Son of Man, which is a title in Greek, comes from a pictorial description in Dan 7:13 of one “like a son of man” (i.e., a human being). It is Jesus’ favorite way to refer to himself. Jesus did not reveal the background of the term here, which mixes human and divine imagery as the man in Daniel rides a cloud, something only God does. He just used it. It also could be an idiom in Aramaic meaning either “some person” or “me.” So there is a little ambiguity in its use here, since its origin is not clear at this point. However, the action makes it clear that Jesus used it to refer to himself here.

[9:6]  ⁶ sn Jesus did not finish his sentence with words but with action, that is, healing the paralytic with an accompanying pronouncement to him directly.

[9:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “to your house.”

[11:21]  ⁷ sn Chorazin was a town of Galilee that was probably fairly small in contrast to Bethsaida and is otherwise unattested. Bethsaida was declared a polis by the tetrarch Herod Philip, sometime after a.d. 30.

[11:21]  ⁸ tn This introduces a second class (contrary to fact) condition in the Greek text.

[11:21]  ⁹ tn Or “powerful deeds.”

[11:21]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[11:21]  ¹¹ sn Tyre and Sidon are two other notorious OT cities (Isa 23; Jer 25:22; 47:4). The remark is a severe rebuke, in effect: “Even the sinners of the old era would have responded to the proclamation of the kingdom, unlike you!”

[11:23]  ¹⁰ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

[11:23]  ¹¹ tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply.

[11:23]  ¹² sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Luke 10:15; 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).

[16:18]  ¹³ tn Or “and the power of death” (taking the reference to the gates of Hades as a metonymy).

[21:23]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “he.”

[21:23]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the temple.”

[21:23]  ¹⁸ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.1