Matius 10:17

10:17 Beware ¹  of people, because they will hand you over to councils ²  and flog ³  you in their synagogues. ⁴ 

Matius 18:4

18:4 Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matius 20:3

20:3 When it was about nine o’clock in the morning, ⁵  he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work.

Matius 21:45

21:45 When ⁶  the chief priests and the Pharisees ⁷  heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

Matius 24:17

24:17 The one on the roof ⁸  must not come down ⁹  to take anything out of his house,

[10:17]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:17]  ² sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.

[10:17]  ³ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

[10:17]  ⁴ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[20:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “about the third hour.”

[21:45]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

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

[24:17]  ⁸ sn On the roof. Most of the roofs in the NT were flat roofs made of pounded dirt, sometimes mixed with lime or stones, supported by heavy wooden beams. They generally had an easy means of access, either a sturdy wooden ladder or stone stairway, sometimes on the outside of the house.

[24:17]  ⁹ sn The swiftness and devastation of the judgment will require a swift escape. There will be no time to come down from the roof and pick up anything from inside one’s home.