Matius 15:10

True Defilement

15:10 Then he called the crowd to him and said, ¹  “Listen and understand.

Matius 4:3

4:3 The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.” ² 

Matius 27:41

27:41 In ³  the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law ⁴  and elders ⁵  – were mocking him: ⁶ 

[15:10]  ¹ tn Grk “And calling the crowd, he said to them.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos) has been translated as attendant circumstance. The emphasis here is upon Jesus’ speaking to the crowd.

[4:3]  ² tn Grk “say that these stones should become bread.”

[27:41]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[27:41]  ⁴ tn Or “with the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[27:41]  ⁵ tn Only “chief priests” is in the nominative case; this sentence structure attempts to capture this emphasis.

[27:41]  ⁶ tn Grk “Mocking him, the chief priests…said.”