Matius 13:11

13:11 He replied, ¹  “You have been given ²  the opportunity to know ³  the secrets ⁴  of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

Matius 15:24

15:24 So ⁵  he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matius 19:4

19:4 He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, ⁶ 

Matius 19:8

19:8 Jesus ⁷  said to them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, ⁸  but from the beginning it was not this way.

Matius 21:45

21:45 When ⁹  the chief priests and the Pharisees ¹⁰  heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

[13:11]  ¹ tn Grk “And answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[13:11]  ² tn This is an example of a “divine passive,” with God understood to be the source of the revelation (see ExSyn 437-38).

[13:11]  ³ tn Grk “to you it has been given to know.” The dative pronoun occurs first, in emphatic position in the Greek text, although this position is awkward in contemporary English.

[13:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “the mysteries.”

[13:11]  sn The key term secrets (μυστήριον, musthrion) can mean either (1) a new revelation or (2) a revealing interpretation of existing revelation as in Dan 2:17-23, 27-30. Jesus seems to be explaining how current events develop old promises, since the NT consistently links the events of Jesus’ ministry and message with old promises (Rom 1:1-4; Heb 1:1-2). The traditional translation of this word, “mystery,” is misleading to the modern English reader because it suggests a secret which people have tried to uncover but which they have failed to understand (L&N 28.77).

[15:24]  ⁵ tn Grk “And answering, he said.” The construction in Greek is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ request.

[19:4]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Gen 1:27; 5:2.

[19:8]  ⁷ tc A few important mss (א Φ pc) have the name “Jesus” here, but it is probably not original. Nevertheless, this translation routinely specifies the referents of pronouns to improve clarity, so that has been done here.

[19:8]  tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:8]  ⁸ tn Grk “heart” (a collective singular).

[21:45]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[21:45]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.