Matius 4:7

4:7 Jesus said to him, “Once again it is written: ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’” ¹ 

Matius 5:40-41

5:40 And if someone wants to sue you and to take your tunic, ²  give him your coat also. 5:41 And if anyone forces you to go one mile, ³  go with him two.

Matius 6:3

6:3 But when you do your giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Matius 14:33

14:33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

Matius 16:16

16:16 Simon Peter answered, ⁴  “You are the Christ, ⁵  the Son of the living God.”

Matius 20:15

20:15 Am I not ⁶  permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ ⁷ 

Matius 26:33

26:33 Peter ⁸  said to him, “If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!”

Matius 26:68

26:68 saying, “Prophesy for us, you Christ! ⁹  Who hit you?” ¹⁰ 

Matius 26:70

26:70 But he denied it in front of them all: ¹¹  “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

[4:7]  ¹ sn A quotation from Deut 6:16.

[5:40]  ² tn Or “shirt” (a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin). The name for this garment (χιτών, citwn) presents some difficulty in translation. Most modern readers would not understand what a “tunic” was any more than they would be familiar with a “chiton.” On the other hand, attempts to find a modern equivalent are also a problem: “Shirt” conveys the idea of a much shorter garment that covers only the upper body, and “undergarment” (given the styles of modern underwear) is more misleading still. “Tunic” was therefore employed, but with a note to explain its nature.

[5:41]  ³ sn If anyone forces you to go one mile. In NT times Roman soldiers had the authority to press civilians into service to carry loads for them.

[16:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “And answering, Simon Peter said.”

[16:16]  ⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[16:16]  sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.

[20:15]  ⁶ tc ‡ Before οὐκ (ouk, “[am I] not”) a number of significant witnesses read ἤ (h, “or”; e.g., א C W 085 Ë^1,13 33 and most others). Although in later Greek the οι in σοι (oi in soi) – the last word of v. 14 – would have been pronounced like ἤ, since ἤ is lacking in early mss (B D; among later witnesses, note L Z Θ 700) and since mss were probably copied predominantly by sight rather than by sound, even into the later centuries, the omission of ἤ cannot be accounted for as easily. Thus the shorter reading is most likely original. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[20:15]  ⁷ tn Grk “Is your eye evil because I am good?”

[26:33]  ⁸ tn Grk “answering, Peter said to him.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:68]  ⁹ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[26:68]  sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.

[26:68]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Who is the one who hit you?”

[26:68]  sn Who hit you? This is a variation of one of three ancient games that involved blindfolds.

[26:70]  ¹¹ tn Grk “he denied it…saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in English and has not been translated.