Matius 2:22

2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus ¹  was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, ²  he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

Matius 15:30

15:30 Then ³  large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They ⁴  laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

Matius 23:13

23:13 “But woe to you, experts in the law ⁵  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! ⁶  You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! ⁷  For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Matius 27:24

Jesus is Condemned and Mocked

27:24 When ⁸  Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” ⁹ 

[2:22]  ¹ sn Archelaus took after his father Herod the Great in terms of cruelty and ruthlessness, so Joseph was afraid to go there. After further direction in a dream, he went instead to Galilee.

[2:22]  ² sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

[15:30]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

[15:30]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[23:13]  ⁵ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:13]  ⁶ tn Grk “Woe to you…because you…” The causal particle ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated here for rhetorical effect (and so throughout this chapter).

[23:13]  ⁷ tn Grk “because you are closing the kingdom of heaven before people.”

[27:24]  ⁸ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[27:24]  ⁹ sn You take care of it yourselves! Compare the response of the chief priests and elders to Judas in 27:4. The expression is identical except that in 27:4 it is singular and here it is plural.