Matthew 8:9

8:9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. ¹  I say to this one, ‘Go’ and he goes, ²  and to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my slave ³  ‘Do this’ and he does it.” ⁴ 

Matthew 11:25

Jesus’ Invitation

11:25 At that time Jesus said, ⁵  “I praise ⁶  you, Father, Lord ⁷  of heaven and earth, because ⁸  you have hidden these things from the wise ⁹  and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.

Matthew 12:32

12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. ¹⁰  But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, ¹¹  either in this age or in the age to come.

Matthew 13:54

13:54 Then ¹²  he came to his hometown ¹³  and began to teach the people ¹⁴  in their synagogue. ¹⁵  They ¹⁶  were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

Matthew 14:2

14:2 and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Matthew 18:6

18:6 “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, ¹⁷  it would be better for him to have a huge millstone ¹⁸  hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea. ¹⁹ 

Matthew 21:23

The Authority of Jesus

21:23 Now after Jesus ²⁰  entered the temple courts, ²¹  the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority ²²  are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Matthew 21:42

21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:

‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ²³ 

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? ²⁴ 

Matthew 26:24

26:24 The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

Matthew 26:29

26:29 I ²⁵  tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit ²⁶  of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

[8:9]  ¹ tn Grk “having soldiers under me.”

[8:9]  ² sn I say to this one ‘Go’ and he goes. The illustrations highlight the view of authority the soldier sees in the word of one who has authority. Since the centurion was a commander of a hundred soldiers, he understood what it was both to command others and to be obeyed.

[8:9]  ³ tn Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times… in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v. 1). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος) in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.

[8:9]  ⁴ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[11:25]  ⁵ tn Grk “At that time, answering, Jesus said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[11:25]  ⁶ tn Or “thank.”

[11:25]  ⁷ sn The title Lord is an important name for God, showing his sovereignty, but it is interesting that it comes next to a reference to the Father, a term indicative of God’s care. The two concepts are often related in the NT; see Eph 1:3-6.

[11:25]  ⁸ tn Or “that.”

[11:25]  ⁹ sn See 1 Cor 1:26-31.

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

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

[13:54]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

[13:54]  ¹⁴ sn Jesus’ hometown (where he spent his childhood years) was Nazareth, about 20 miles (30 km) southwest of Capernaum.

[13:54]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:54]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23. Jesus undoubtedly took the opportunity on this occasion to speak about his person and mission, and the relation of both to OT fulfillment.

[13:54]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “synagogue, so that they.” Here ὥστε (Jwste) has not been translated. Instead a new sentence was started in the translation.

[18:6]  ¹⁷ tn The Greek term σκανδαλίζω (skandalizw), translated here “causes to sin” can also be translated “offends” or “causes to stumble.”

[18:6]  ¹⁸ 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]  ¹⁹ 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.”

[21:23]  ²¹ tn Grk “he.”

[21:23]  ²² tn Grk “the temple.”

[21:23]  ²³ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.1

[21:42]  ²⁵ tn Or “capstone,” “keystone.” Although these meanings are lexically possible, the imagery in Eph 2:20-22 and 1 Cor 3:11 indicates that the term κεφαλὴ γωνίας (kefalh gwnia") refers to a cornerstone, not a capstone.

[21:42]  ²⁶ sn A quotation from Ps 118:22-23.

[26:29]  ²⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:29]  ³⁰ tn Grk “produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).