MATTHEW 21:1-46 NLT TEXT NOTES

*Matt 21:5a Greek Tell the daughter of Zion. Isa 62:11.

*Matt 21:5b Zech 9:9.

*Matt 21:7 Greek over them, and he sat on them.

*Matt 21:9a Greek Hosanna, an exclamation of praise that literally means “save now”; also in 21:9b, 15.

*Matt 21:9b Pss 118:25-26; 148:1.

*Matt 21:13 Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11.

*Matt 21:16 Ps 8:2 (Greek version).

*Matt 21:31 Other manuscripts read “The second.” In still other manuscripts the first son says “Yes” but does nothing, the second son says “No” but then repents and goes, and the answer to Jesus’ question is that the second son obeyed his father.

*Matt 21:42 Ps 118:22-23.

*Matt 21:44 This verse is not included in some early manuscripts. Compare Luke 20:18.