Matthew 8:18

Challenging Professed Followers

8:18 Now when Jesus saw a large crowd ¹  around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake. ² 

Matthew 14:5

14:5 Although ³  Herod ⁴  wanted to kill John, ⁵  he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

Matthew 15:10

True Defilement

15:10 Then he called the crowd to him and said, ⁶  “Listen and understand.

Matthew 17:14

The Disciples’ Failure to Heal

17:14 When ⁷  they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

[8:18]  ¹ tc ‡ Codex B and some Sahidic mss read simply ὄχλον (oclon, “crowd”), the reading that NA²⁷ follows; the first hand of א, as well as ˹ and a few others, has ὄχλους (oclous, “crowds”); other witnesses read πολὺν ὄχλον (polun oclon, “a large crowd”). But the reading most likely to be original seems to be πολλούς ὄχλους (pollou" oclou"). It is found in א² C L Θ 0233 ˹³ 33 Ï lat; it is judged to be superior on internal grounds (the possibility of accidental omission of πολλούς/πολύν in isolated witnesses) and, to a lesser extent, external grounds (geographically widespread, various texttypes). For reasons of English style, however, this phrase has been translated as “a large crowd.”

[8:18]  ² tn The phrase “of the lake” is not in the Greek text but is clearly implied; it has been supplied here for clarity.

[14:5]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[14:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Herod) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “him” (also in the following phrase, Grk “accepted him”); in both cases the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “And calling the crowd, he said to them.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos) has been translated as attendant circumstance. The emphasis here is upon Jesus’ speaking to the crowd.

[17:14]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.