| † | Indicates that a definition of a term appears in the glossary |
| // | Indicates where a parallel account can be found in other Gospels |
| AB | Anchor Bible |
| ACCS | Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: New Testament |
| ANTC | Abingdon New Testament Commentaries |
| BBC | Blackwell’s Bible Commentaries |
| BDAG | Frederick W. Danker, Walter Bauer, William F. Arndt, and F. Wilbur Gingrich, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000) |
| BECNT | Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament |
| BZNW | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft |
| ca. | circa, around |
| Catechism | Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed. (New York: Doubleday, 2003) |
| CBQ | Catholic Biblical Quarterly |
| CCSS | Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture |
| CEB | Common English Bible |
| EBib | Etudes bibliques |
| ESV | English Standard Version |
| ET | English translation |
| FC | Fathers of the Church |
| HTR | Harvard Theological Review |
| IBC | Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching |
| ICG | Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae, edited by Cilliers Breytenbach et al. (Berlin: Edition Topoi, 2016) |
| IG | Inscriptiones Graecae, Editio Minor (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1924–) |
| JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JSNT | Journal for the Study of the New Testament |
| JSPHL | Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters |
| JTS | Journal of Theological Studies |
| KJV | King James Version |
| LEC | Library of Early Christianity |
| Lectionary | The Lectionary for Mass (1998/2002 USA edition) |
| LNTS | Library of New Testament Studies |
| LSJ | Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, and Henry Stuart Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed. with revised supplement (Oxford: Clarendon, 1996) |
| LXX | Septuagint |
| MM | J. H. Moulton and G. Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament (London, 1930; reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1997) |
| NABRE | New American Bible (Revised Edition, 2011) |
| NCBC | New Century Bible Commentary |
| NCC | New Covenant Commentary |
| NICNT | New International Commentary on the New Testament |
| NIV | New International Version |
| NovT | Novum Testamentum |
| NPNF1 | Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1 |
| NRSV | New Revised Standard Version |
| NTL | New Testament Library |
| NTS | New Testament Studies |
| PG | Patrologia Graeca [= Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Graeca], edited by J.-P. Migne, 162 vols. (Paris, 1857–86) |
| RIChrM | Recueil des inscriptions chrétienne de Macédoine, du IIIe au VIe siècle, by Denis Feissel (Paris: Boccard, 1983) |
| RSV | Revised Standard Version |
| SP | Sacra Pagina |
| SPNPT | Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition |
| StPatr | Studia Patristica |
| TDNT | Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, edited by Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich, translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, 10 vols. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974–2006) |
| TS | Theological Studies |
| TynBul | Tyndale Bulletin |
| v(v). | verse(s) |
| WUNT | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament |
| ZNW | Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche |
Books of the Old Testament
Books of the New Testament
| Matt | Matthew |
| Mark | Mark |
| Luke | Luke |
| John | John |
| Acts | Acts |
| Rom | Romans |
| 1 Cor | 1 Corinthians |
| 2 Cor | 2 Corinthians |
| Gal | Galatians |
| Eph | Ephesians |
| Phil | Philippians |
| Col | Colossians |
| 1 Thess | 1 Thessalonians |
| 2 Thess | 2 Thessalonians |
| 1 Tim | 1 Timothy |
| 2 Tim | 2 Timothy |
| Titus | Titus |
| Philem | Philemon |
| Heb | Hebrews |
| James | James |
| 1 Pet | 1 Peter |
| 2 Pet | 2 Peter |
| 1 John | 1 John |
| 2 John | 2 John |
| 3 John | 3 John |
| Jude | Jude |
| Rev | Revelation |