Matius 11:27

11:27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. ¹  No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides ²  to reveal him.

Matius 23:15

23:15 “Woe to you, experts in the law ³  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, ⁴  and when you get one, ⁵  you make him twice as much a child of hell ⁶  as yourselves!

[11:27]  ¹ sn This verse has been noted for its conceptual similarity to teaching in John’s Gospel (10:15; 17:2). The authority of the Son and the Father are totally intertwined.

[11:27]  ² tn Or “wishes”; or “intends”; or “plans” (cf. BDAG 182 s.v. βούλομαι 2.b). Here it is the Son who has sovereignty.

[23:15]  ³ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:15]  ⁴ tn Or “one proselyte.”

[23:15]  ⁵ tn Grk “when he becomes [one].”

[23:15]  ⁶ tn Grk “a son of Gehenna.” Expressions constructed with υἱός (Juios) followed by a genitive of class or kind denote a person belonging to the class or kind specified by the following genitive (L&N 9.4). Thus the phrase here means “a person who belongs to hell.”

[23:15]  sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.