Matthew 5:20

5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law ¹  and the Pharisees, ²  you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 16:21

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

16:21 From that time on ³  Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem ⁴  and suffer ⁵  many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ⁶  and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

[5:20]  ¹ tn Or “that of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[5:20]  ² sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[16:21]  ³ tn Grk “From then.”

[16:21]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:21]  ⁵ sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

[16:21]  ⁶ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.