Matthew 8:32

8:32 And he said, ¹  “Go!” So ²  they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.

Matthew 18:6

18:6 “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, ³  it would be better for him to have a huge millstone ⁴  hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea. ⁵ 

Matthew 23:15

23:15 “Woe to you, experts in the law ⁶  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, ⁷  and when you get one, ⁸  you make him twice as much a child of hell ⁹  as yourselves!

[8:32]  ¹ tn Grk “And he said to them.”

[8:32]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate a conclusion and transition in the narrative.

[18:6]  ³ tn The Greek term σκανδαλίζω (skandalizw), translated here “causes to sin” can also be translated “offends” or “causes to stumble.”

[18:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “the millstone of a donkey.” This refers to a large flat stone turned by a donkey in the process of grinding grain (BDAG 661 s.v. μύλος 2; L&N 7.68-69). The same term is used in the parallel account in Mark 9:42.

[18:6]  ⁵ tn The term translated “open” here (πελάγει, pelagei) refers to the open sea as opposed to a stretch of water near a coastline (BDAG 794 s.v. πέλαγος). A similar English expression would be “the high seas.”

[23:15]  ⁵ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:15]  ⁶ tn Or “one proselyte.”

[23:15]  ⁷ tn Grk “when he becomes [one].”

[23:15]  ⁸ tn Grk “a son of Gehenna.” Expressions constructed with υἱός (Juios) followed by a genitive of class or kind denote a person belonging to the class or kind specified by the following genitive (L&N 9.4). Thus the phrase here means “a person who belongs to hell.”