Matthew 8:26

8:26 But ¹  he said to them, “Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked ²  the winds and the sea, ³  and it was dead calm.

Matthew 8:29

8:29 They ⁴  cried out, “Son of God, leave us alone! ⁵  Have you come here to torment us before the time?” ⁶ 

Matthew 12:7

12:7 If ⁷  you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ ⁸  you would not have condemned the innocent.

Matthew 26:15

26:15 and said, “What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” ⁹  So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

Matthew 26:35

26:35 Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said the same thing.

Matthew 26:73

26:73 After ¹⁰  a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, “You really are one of them too – even your accent ¹¹  gives you away!”

Matthew 27:11

Jesus and Pilate

27:11 Then ¹²  Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, ¹³  “Are you the king ¹⁴  of the Jews?” Jesus ¹⁵  said, “You say so.” ¹⁶ 

[8:26]  ¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[8:26]  ² tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).

[8:26]  ³ sn Who has authority over the seas and winds is discussed in the OT: Ps 104:3; 135:7; 107:23-30. When Jesus rebuked the winds and the sea he was making a statement about who he was.

[8:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “And behold, they cried out, saying.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1). The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.

[8:29]  ⁵ tn Grk “what to us and to you?” (an idiom). The phrase τί ἡμῖν καὶ σοί (ti Jhmin kai soi) is Semitic in origin, though it made its way into colloquial Greek (BDAG 275 s.v. ἐγώ). The equivalent Hebrew expression in the OT had two basic meanings: (1) When one person was unjustly bothering another, the injured party could say “What to me and to you?” meaning, “What have I done to you that you should do this to me?” (Judg 11:12, 2 Chr 35:21, 1 Kgs 17:18). (2) When someone was asked to get involved in a matter he felt was no business of his own, he could say to the one asking him, “What to me and to you?” meaning, “That is your business, how am I involved?” (2 Kgs 3:13, Hos 14:8). These nuances were apparently expanded in Greek, but the basic notions of defensive hostility (option 1) and indifference or disengagement (option 2) are still present. BDAG suggests the following as glosses for this expression: What have I to do with you? What have we in common? Leave me alone! Never mind! Hostility between Jesus and the demons is certainly to be understood in this context, hence the translation: “Leave us alone….”

[8:29]  ⁶ sn There was an appointed time in which demons would face their judgment, and they seem to have viewed Jesus’ arrival on the scene as an illegitimate change in God’s plan regarding the time when their sentence would be executed.

[12:7]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:7]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 9:13).

[26:15]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “What will you give to me, and I will betray him to you?”

[26:73]  ¹³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:73]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “your speech.”

[27:11]  ¹⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[27:11]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[27:11]  ¹⁸ sn “Are you the king of the Jews?” Pilate was interested in this charge because of its political implications of sedition against Rome.

[27:11]  ¹⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:11]  ²⁰ sn The reply “You say so” is somewhat enigmatic, like Jesus’ earlier reply to the Jewish leadership in 26:64.