Matthew 8:20

8:20 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky ¹  have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” ² 

Matthew 9:6

9:6 But so that you may know ³  that the Son of Man ⁴  has authority on earth to forgive sins” – then he said to the paralytic ⁵  – “Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” ⁶ 

Matthew 10:23

10:23 Whenever ⁷  they persecute you in one place, ⁸  flee to another. I tell you the truth, ⁹  you will not finish going through all the towns ¹⁰  of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 11:19

11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him, ¹¹  a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors ¹²  and sinners!’ ¹³  But wisdom is vindicated ¹⁴  by her deeds.” ¹⁵ 

Matthew 12:32

12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. ¹⁶  But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, ¹⁷  either in this age or in the age to come.

Matthew 12:40

12:40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish ¹⁸  for three days and three nights, ¹⁹  so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

Matthew 16:13

Peter’s Confession

16:13 When ²⁰  Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, ²¹  he asked his disciples, ²²  “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

Matthew 16:27-28

16:27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. ²³  16:28 I tell you the truth, ²⁴  there are some standing here who will not ²⁵  experience ²⁶  death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” ²⁷ 

Matthew 17:9

17:9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, ²⁸  “Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

Matthew 17:12

17:12 And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In ²⁹  the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”

Matthew 26:45

26:45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Matthew 26:64

26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ³⁰  of the Power ³¹  and coming on the clouds of heaven.” ³² 

[8:20]  ¹ tn Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. BDAG 809 s.v. πετεινόν).

[8:20]  ² sn Jesus’ reply is simply this: Does the man understand the rejection he will be facing? Jesus has no home in the world (the Son of Man has no place to lay his head).

[9:6]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Grk “to your house.”

[10:23]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:23]  ⁶ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.”

[10:23]  ⁷ tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.

[10:23]  ⁸ tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.” “Town” was chosen here to emphasize the extensive nature of the disciples’ ministry. The same word is translated earlier in the verse as “place.”

[11:19]  ⁷ tn Grk “Behold a man.”

[11:19]  ⁸ sn See the note on tax collectors in 5:46.

[11:19]  ⁹ sn Neither were they happy with Jesus (the Son of Man), even though he was the opposite of John and associated freely with people like tax collectors and sinners. Either way, God’s messengers were subject to complaint.

[11:19]  ¹⁰ tn Or “shown to be right.”

[11:19]  ¹¹ tc Most witnesses (B² C D L Θ Ë¹ 33 Ï lat) have “children” (τέκνων, teknwn) here instead of “deeds” (ἔργων, ergwn), but since “children” is the reading of the parallel in Luke 7:35, scribes would be motivated to convert the less colorful “deeds” into more animate offspring of wisdom. Further, ἔργων enjoys support from א B* W (˹³) as well as early versional and patristic support.

[12:32]  ⁹ tn Grk “it will be forgiven him.”

[12:32]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “it will not be forgiven him.”

[12:40]  ¹¹ tn Grk “large sea creature.”

[12:40]  ¹² sn A quotation from Jonah 1:17.

[16:13]  ¹³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[16:13]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map1 C1; Map2 F4.

[16:13]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “he asked his disciples, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has been left untranslated.

[16:27]  ¹⁵ sn An allusion to Pss 28:4; 62:12; cf. Prov 24:12.

[16:28]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[16:28]  ¹⁸ tn The Greek negative here (οὐ μή, ou mh) is the strongest possible.

[16:28]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “will not taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).

[16:28]  ²⁰ sn Several suggestions have been made as to the referent for the phrase the Son of Man coming in his kingdom: (1) the transfiguration itself, which immediately follows in the narrative; (2) Jesus’ resurrection and ascension; (3) the coming of the Spirit; (4) Christ’s role in the Church; (5) the destruction of Jerusalem; (6) Jesus’ second coming and the establishment of the kingdom. The reference to six days later in 17:1 seems to indicate that Matthew had the transfiguration in mind insofar as it was a substantial prefiguring of the consummation of the kingdom (although this interpretation is not without its problems). As such, the transfiguration would be a tremendous confirmation to the disciples that even though Jesus had just finished speaking of his death (in vv. 21-23), he was nonetheless the promised Messiah and things were proceeding according to God’s plan.

[17:9]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “Jesus commanded them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant and has not been translated.

[17:12]  ²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:64]  ²³ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.

[26:64]  ²⁴ sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

[26:64]  ²⁵ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).