Matthew 9:27

Healing the Blind and Mute

9:27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, ¹  “Have mercy ²  on us, Son of David!” ³ 

Matthew 18:20

18:20 For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”

Matthew 21:1

The Triumphal Entry

21:1 Now ⁴  when they approached Jerusalem ⁵  and came to Bethphage, ⁶  at the Mount of Olives, ⁷  Jesus sent two disciples,

Matthew 24:40-41

24:40 Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left. ⁸  24:41 There will be two women grinding grain with a mill; ⁹  one will be taken and one left.

Matthew 26:2

26:2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over ¹⁰  to be crucified.” ¹¹ 

Matthew 26:37

26:37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

Matthew 27:38

27:38 Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

[9:27]  ¹ tn Grk “shouting, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[9:27]  ² sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. It is not owed to the men. They simply ask for God’s kind grace.

[9:27]  ³ sn There was a tradition in Judaism that the Son of David (Solomon) had great powers of healing (Josephus, Ant. 8.2.5 [8.42-49]).

[21:1]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[21:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[21:1]  ⁶ sn The exact location of the village of Bethphage is not known. Most put it on the southeast side of the Mount of Olives and northwest of Bethany, about 1.5 miles (3 km) east of Jerusalem.

[21:1]  ⁷ sn “Mountain” in English generally denotes a higher elevation than it often does in reference to places in Palestine. The Mount of Olives is really a ridge running north to south about 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) long, east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley. Its central elevation is about 30 meters (100 ft) higher than Jerusalem. It was named for the large number of olive trees which grew on it.

[24:40]  ⁷ sn There is debate among commentators and scholars over the phrase one will be taken and one left about whether one is taken for judgment or for salvation. If the imagery is patterned after the rescue of Noah from the flood, as some suggest, the ones taken are the saved (as Noah was) andthose left behind are judged. The imagery, however, is not directly tied to theidentification of the two groups. Its primary purposein context is topicture the sudden, surprisingseparation of the righteous and the judged (i.e., condemned) at the return of the Son of Man.

[24:41]  ¹⁰ tn According to L&N 46.16, this refers to a hand mill normally operated by two women.

[26:2]  ¹³ tn Or “will be delivered up.”

[26:2]  ¹⁴ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.