Matius 1:6

1:6 and Jesse the father of David the king.

David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah ¹ ),

Matius 5:37

5:37 Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one. ² 

Matius 16:1

The Demand for a Sign

16:1 Now when the Pharisees ³  and Sadducees ⁴  came to test Jesus, ⁵  they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ⁶ 

Matius 20:2

20:2 And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, ⁷  he sent them into his vineyard.

Matius 26:44

26:44 So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

[1:6]  ¹ sn By the wife of Uriah, i.e., Bathsheba (cf. 2 Sam 11:3).

[5:37]  ² tn The term πονηροῦ (ponhrou) may be understood as specific and personified, referring to the devil, or possibly as a general reference to evil. It is most likely personified, however, since it is articular (τοῦ πονηροῦ, tou ponhrou). Cf. also “the evildoer” in v. 39, which is the same construction.

[16:1]  ³ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[16:1]  ⁴ sn See the note on Sadducees in 3:7.

[16:1]  ⁵ tn The object of the participle πειράζοντες (peirazontes) is not given in the Greek text but has been supplied here for clarity.

[16:1]  ⁶ sn What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to commit to him.

[20:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “agreeing with the workers for a denarius a day.”

[20:2]  sn The standard wage was a denarius a day. The denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wage for a laborer in Palestine in the 1st century.