Matthew 8:23

Stilling of a Storm

8:23 As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. ¹ 

Matthew 9:19

9:19 Jesus and his disciples got up and followed him.

Matthew 9:37

9:37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Matthew 10:24

10:24 “A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave ²  greater than his master.

Matthew 13:10

13:10 Then ³  the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

Matthew 16:5

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

16:5 When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread.

Matthew 16:20

16:20 Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ. ⁴ 

Matthew 17:6

17:6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. ⁵ 

Matthew 17:13

17:13 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

Matthew 17:16

17:16 I brought him to your disciples, but ⁶  they were not able to heal him.”

Matthew 19:25

19:25 The ⁷  disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said, “Then who can be saved?” ⁸ 

Matthew 21:6

21:6 So ⁹  the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.

Matthew 21:20

21:20 When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

Matthew 23:1

Seven Woes

23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,

Matthew 26:8

26:8 When ¹⁰  the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said, “Why this waste?

Matthew 26:20

26:20 When ¹¹  it was evening, he took his place at the table ¹²  with the twelve. ¹³ 

[8:23]  ¹ sn A boat that held all the disciples would be of significant size.

[10:24]  ² tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

[13:10]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[16:20]  ⁴ tc Most mss (א² C W Ï lat bo) have “Jesus, the Christ” (᾿Ιησοῦς ὁ Χριστός, Ihsou" Jo Cristo") here, while D has “Christ Jesus” (ὁ Χριστὸς ᾿Ιησοῦς). On the one hand, this is a much harder reading than the mere Χριστός, because the name Jesus was already well known for the disciples’ master – both to them and to others. Whether he was the Messiah is the real focus of the passage. But this is surely too hard a reading: There are no other texts in which the Lord tells his disciples not to disclose his personal name. Further, it is plainly a motivated reading in that scribes had the proclivity to add ᾿Ιησοῦς to Χριστός or to κύριος (kurio", “Lord”), regardless of whether such was appropriate to the context. In this instance it clearly is not, and it only reveals that scribes sometimes, if not often, did not think about the larger interpretive consequences of their alterations to the text. Further, the shorter reading is well supported by א* B L Δ Θ Ë^1,13 565 700 1424 al it sa.

[17:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[17:16]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[19:25]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[19:25]  ⁸ sn The assumption is that the rich are blessed, so if they risk exclusion, who is left to be saved?

[21:6]  ⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ instructions in vv. 2-3.

[26:8]  ⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:20]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:20]  ¹¹ tn Grk “he was reclining at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.

[26:20]  ¹² tc Many witnesses, some of them important, have μαθητῶν (maqhtwn, “disciples”; א A L W Δ Θ 33 892 1241 1424 pm lat) or μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ (maqhtwn autou, “his disciples”; 0281 pc it) after δώδεκα (dwdeka, “twelve”). However, such clarifications are typical scribal expansions to the text. Further, the shorter reading (the one that ends with δώδεκα) has strong support in Ì^37vid,45vid B D K Γ Ë^1,13 565 579 700 pm. Thus both internally and externally the reading that ends the verse with “the twelve” is to be preferred.