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 20:5

20:5 So they went. When ³  he went out again about noon and three o’clock that afternoon, ⁴  he did the same thing.

Matthew 21:29

21:29 The boy answered, ⁵  ‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart ⁶  and went.

Matthew 22:22

22:22 Now when they heard this they were stunned, ⁷  and they left him and went away.

Matthew 25:46

25:46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 27:5

27:5 So ⁸  Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.

[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.

[20:5]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[20:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “he went out again about the sixth and ninth hour.”

[21:29]  ⁵ tn Grk “And answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here the referent (“the boy”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:29]  ⁶ tn The Greek text reads here μεταμέλομαι (metamelomai): “to change one’s mind about something, with the probable implication of regret” (L&N 31.59); cf. also BDAG 639 s.v. The idea in this context involves more than just a change of mind, for the son regrets his initial response. The same verb is used in v. 32.

[22:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “they were amazed; they marveled.”

[27:5]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the leaders’ response to Judas.