Footnotes

Footnote from Matthew 1:3 (Back)

[1] 1:3 Greek Aram; also verse 4

Footnote from Matthew 1:7 (Back)

[2] 1:7 Asaph is probably an alternate spelling of Asa; some manuscripts Asa; also verse 8

Footnote from Matthew 1:10 (Back)

[3] 1:10 Amos is probably an alternate spelling of Amon; some manuscripts Amon; twice in this verse

Footnote from Matthew 1:12 (Back)

[4] 1:12 Greek Salathiel; twice in this verse

Footnote from Matthew 1:18 (Back)

[5] 1:18 Some manuscripts of the Christ

Footnote from Matthew 1:18 (Back)

[6] 1:18 That is, legally pledged to be married

Footnote from Matthew 2:1 (Back)

[1] 2:1 Greek magi; also verses 7, 16

Footnote from Matthew 2:2 (Back)

[2] 2:2 Or in the east; also verse 9

Footnote from Matthew 3:3 (Back)

[1] 3:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness

Footnote from Matthew 3:16 (Back)

[2] 3:16 Some manuscripts omit to him

Footnote from Matthew 3:17 (Back)

[3] 3:17 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved

Footnote from Matthew 4:19 (Back)

[1] 4:19 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women

Footnote from Matthew 5:9 (Back)

[1] 5:9 Greek huioi; see Preface

Footnote from Matthew 5:16 (Back)

[2] 5:16 Or house. 16Let your light so shine before others that

Footnote from Matthew 5:22 (Back)

[3] 5:22 Some manuscripts insert without cause

Footnote from Matthew 5:22 (Back)

[4] 5:22 Greek says Raca to (a term of abuse)

Footnote from Matthew 5:22 (Back)

[5] 5:22 Greek Gehenna; also verses 29, 30

Footnote from Matthew 5:26 (Back)

[6] 5:26 Greek kodrantes, Roman copper coin (Latin quadrans) worth about 1/64 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

Footnote from Matthew 5:37 (Back)

[7] 5:37 Or the evil one

Footnote from Matthew 5:40 (Back)

[8] 5:40 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin

Footnote from Matthew 5:47 (Back)

[9] 5:47 Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

Footnote from Matthew 6:9 (Back)

[1] 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence

Footnote from Matthew 6:10 (Back)

[2] 6:10 Or Let your kingdom come, let your will be done

Footnote from Matthew 6:11 (Back)

[3] 6:11 Or our bread for tomorrow

Footnote from Matthew 6:13 (Back)

[4] 6:13 Or the evil one; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen

Footnote from Matthew 6:19 (Back)

[5] 6:19 Or worm; also verse 20

Footnote from Matthew 6:24 (Back)

[6] 6:24 Greek mammon, a Semitic word for money or possessions

Footnote from Matthew 6:27 (Back)

[7] 6:27 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

Footnote from Matthew 7:13 (Back)

[1] 7:13 Some manuscripts For the way is wide and easy

Footnote from Matthew 8:2 (Back)

[1] 8:2 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

Footnote from Matthew 8:3 (Back)

[2] 8:3 Greek he

Footnote from Matthew 8:9 (Back)

[3] 8:9 Greek bondservant

Footnote from Matthew 8:10 (Back)

[4] 8:10 Some manuscripts not even in Israel

Footnote from Matthew 8:28 (Back)

[5] 8:28 Some manuscripts Gergesenes; some Gerasenes

Footnote from Matthew 8:28 (Back)

[6] 8:28 Greek daimonizomai; also verse 33; elsewhere rendered oppressed by demons

Footnote from Matthew 9:4 (Back)

[1] 9:4 Some manuscripts perceiving

Footnote from Matthew 9:10 (Back)

[2] 9:10 Greek he

Footnote from Matthew 9:14 (Back)

[3] 9:14 Some manuscripts add much, or often

Footnote from Matthew 9:22 (Back)

[4] 9:22 Greek from that hour

Footnote from Matthew 10:3 (Back)

[1] 10:3 Some manuscripts Lebbaeus, or Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus

Footnote from Matthew 10:4 (Back)

[2] 10:4 Greek kananaios, meaning zealot

Footnote from Matthew 10:8 (Back)

[3] 10:8 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

Footnote from Matthew 10:10 (Back)

[4] 10:10 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin

Footnote from Matthew 10:24 (Back)

[5] 10:24 Greek bondservant; also verse 25

Footnote from Matthew 10:25 (Back)

[6] 10:25 Greek lacks will they malign

Footnote from Matthew 10:28 (Back)

[7] 10:28 Greek Gehenna

Footnote from Matthew 10:29 (Back)

[8] 10:29 Greek assarion, Roman copper coin (Latin quadrans) worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

Footnote from Matthew 11:5 (Back)

[1] 11:5 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

Footnote from Matthew 11:8 (Back)

[2] 11:8 Or Why then did you go out? To see a man . . . ;

Footnote from Matthew 11:9 (Back)

[3] 11:9 Some manuscripts Why then did you go out? To see a prophet?

Footnote from Matthew 11:12 (Back)

[4] 11:12 Or has been coming violently

Footnote from Matthew 11:15 (Back)

[5] 11:15 Some manuscripts omit to hear

Footnote from Matthew 11:19 (Back)

[6] 11:19 Some manuscripts children (compare Luke 7:35)

Footnote from Matthew 11:26 (Back)

[7] 11:26 Or for so it pleased you well

Footnote from Matthew 12:46 (Back)

[1] 12:46 Some manuscripts insert verse 47: Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak to you”

Footnote from Matthew 13:9 (Back)

[1] 13:9 Some manuscripts add here and in verse 43 to hear

Footnote from Matthew 13:21 (Back)

[2] 13:21 Or stumbles

Footnote from Matthew 13:25 (Back)

[3] 13:25 Probably darnel, a wheat-like weed

Footnote from Matthew 13:27 (Back)

[4] 13:27 Greek bondservants; also verse 28

Footnote from Matthew 13:35 (Back)

[5] 13:35 Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet

Footnote from Matthew 14:3 (Back)

[1] 14:3 Some manuscripts his brother's wife

Footnote from Matthew 14:24 (Back)

[2] 14:24 Greek many stadia, a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters

Footnote from Matthew 14:24 (Back)

[3] 14:24 Some manuscripts was out on the sea

Footnote from Matthew 14:30 (Back)

[4] 14:30 Some manuscripts strong wind

Footnote from Matthew 15:5 (Back)

[1] 15:5 Or is an offering

Footnote from Matthew 15:6 (Back)

[2] 15:6 Some manuscripts law

Footnote from Matthew 15:14 (Back)

[3] 15:14 Some manuscripts add of the blind

Footnote from Matthew 15:17 (Back)

[4] 15:17 Greek is expelled into the latrine

Footnote from Matthew 15:28 (Back)

[5] 15:28 Greek from that hour

Footnote from Matthew 16:2 (Back)

[1] 16:2 Some manuscripts omit the following words to the end of verse 3

Footnote from Matthew 16:18 (Back)

[2] 16:18 The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar

Footnote from Matthew 16:18 (Back)

[3] 16:18 Greek the gates of Hades

Footnote from Matthew 16:19 (Back)

[4] 16:19 Or shall have been bound . . . ; shall have been loosed

Footnote from Matthew 16:22 (Back)

[5] 16:22 Or “[May God be] merciful to you, Lord!”

Footnote from Matthew 16:23 (Back)

[6] 16:23 Greek stumbling block

Footnote from Matthew 16:25 (Back)

[7] 16:25 The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26

Footnote from Matthew 17:5 (Back)

[1] 17:5 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved

Footnote from Matthew 17:18 (Back)

[2] 17:18 Greek it

Footnote from Matthew 17:18 (Back)

[3] 17:18 Greek the demon

Footnote from Matthew 17:18 (Back)

[4] 17:18 Greek from that hour

Footnote from Matthew 17:20 (Back)

[5] 17:20 Some manuscripts insert verse 21: But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting

Footnote from Matthew 17:22 (Back)

[6] 17:22 Some manuscripts remained

Footnote from Matthew 17:27 (Back)

[7] 17:27 Greek stater, a silver coin worth four drachmas or approximately one shekel

Footnote from Matthew 18:6 (Back)

[1] 18:6 Greek causes . . . ; to stumble; also verses 8, 9

Footnote from Matthew 18:7 (Back)

[2] 18:7 Greek stumbling blocks

Footnote from Matthew 18:9 (Back)

[3] 18:9 Greek Gehenna

Footnote from Matthew 18:10 (Back)

[4] 18:10 Some manuscripts add verse 11: For the Son of Man came to save the lost

Footnote from Matthew 18:14 (Back)

[5] 18:14 Some manuscripts your

Footnote from Matthew 18:18 (Back)

[6] 18:18 Or shall have been bound . . . ; shall have been loosed

Footnote from Matthew 18:23 (Back)

[7] 18:23 Greek bondservants; also verses 28, 31

Footnote from Matthew 18:24 (Back)

[8] 18:24 A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer

Footnote from Matthew 18:26 (Back)

[9] 18:26 Greek bondservant; also verses 27, 28, 29, 32, 33

Footnote from Matthew 18:28 (Back)

[10] 18:28 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer

Footnote from Matthew 18:34 (Back)

[11] 18:34 Greek torturers

Footnote from Matthew 19:9 (Back)

[1] 19:9 Some manuscripts add and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery; other manuscripts except for sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery

Footnote from Matthew 19:28 (Back)

[2] 19:28 Greek in the regeneration

Footnote from Matthew 19:29 (Back)

[3] 19:29 Some manuscripts manifold

Footnote from Matthew 20:2 (Back)

[1] 20:2 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer

Footnote from Matthew 20:15 (Back)

[2] 20:15 Or is your eye bad because I am good?

Footnote from Matthew 20:26 (Back)

[3] 20:26 Greek diakonos

Footnote from Matthew 20:27 (Back)

[4] 20:27 Greek bondservant (doulos)

Footnote from Matthew 20:30 (Back)

[5] 20:30 Some manuscripts omit Lord

Footnote from Matthew 21:5 (Back)

[1] 21:5 Or donkey, and on a colt,

Footnote from Matthew 21:12 (Back)

[2] 21:12 Some manuscripts add of God

Footnote from Matthew 21:34 (Back)

[3] 21:34 Greek bondservants; also verses 35, 36

Footnote from Matthew 21:42 (Back)

[4] 21:42 Greek the head of the corner

Footnote from Matthew 21:44 (Back)

[5] 21:44 Some manuscripts omit verse 44

Footnote from Matthew 22:3 (Back)

[1] 22:3 Greek bondservants; also verses 4, 6, 8, 10

Footnote from Matthew 22:16 (Back)

[2] 22:16 Greek for you do not look at people's faces

Footnote from Matthew 22:19 (Back)

[3] 22:19 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer

Footnote from Matthew 23:4 (Back)

[1] 23:4 Some manuscripts omit hard to bear

Footnote from Matthew 23:7 (Back)

[2] 23:7 Rabbi means my teacher, or my master; also verse 8

Footnote from Matthew 23:8 (Back)

[3] 23:8 Or brothers and sisters

Footnote from Matthew 23:13 (Back)

[4] 23:13 Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation

Footnote from Matthew 23:15 (Back)

[5] 23:15 Greek Gehenna; also verse 33

Footnote from Matthew 23:35 (Back)

[6] 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah

Footnote from Matthew 24:10 (Back)

[1] 24:10 Or stumble

Footnote from Matthew 24:36 (Back)

[2] 24:36 Some manuscripts omit nor the Son

Footnote from Matthew 24:45 (Back)

[3] 24:45 Greek bondservant; also verses 46, 48, 50

Footnote from Matthew 24:49 (Back)

[4] 24:49 Greek bondservants

Footnote from Matthew 25:1 (Back)

[1] 25:1 Or torches

Footnote from Matthew 25:1 (Back)

[2] 25:1 Some manuscripts add and the bride

Footnote from Matthew 25:14 (Back)

[3] 25:14 Greek bondservants; also verse 19

Footnote from Matthew 25:15 (Back)

[4] 25:15 A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer

Footnote from Matthew 25:21 (Back)

[5] 25:21 Greek bondservant; also verses 23, 26, 30

Footnote from Matthew 25:40 (Back)

[6] 25:40 Or brothers and sisters

Footnote from Matthew 26:6 (Back)

[1] 26:6 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

Footnote from Matthew 26:20 (Back)

[2] 26:20 Some manuscripts add disciples

Footnote from Matthew 26:28 (Back)

[3] 26:28 Some manuscripts insert new

Footnote from Matthew 26:38 (Back)

[4] 26:38 Or keep awake; also verses 40, 41

Footnote from Matthew 26:45 (Back)

[5] 26:45 Or Are you still sleeping and taking your rest?

Footnote from Matthew 26:50 (Back)

[6] 26:50 Or Friend, why are you here?

Footnote from Matthew 26:51 (Back)

[7] 26:51 Greek bondservant

Footnote from Matthew 26:59 (Back)

[8] 26:59 Greek Sanhedrin

Footnote from Matthew 26:62 (Back)

[9] 26:62 Or Have you no answer to what these men testify against you?

Footnote from Matthew 27:3 (Back)

[1] 27:3 Greek he

Footnote from Matthew 27:24 (Back)

[2] 27:24 Some manuscripts this righteous blood, or this righteous man's blood

Footnote from Matthew 27:26 (Back)

[3] 27:26 A Roman judicial penalty, consisting of a severe beating with a multi-lashed whip containing imbedded pieces of bone and metal

Footnote from Matthew 27:27 (Back)

[4] 27:27 Greek the praetorium

Footnote from Matthew 27:27 (Back)

[5] 27:27 Greek cohort; a tenth of a Roman legion, usually about 600 men

Footnote from Matthew 27:45 (Back)

[6] 27:45 That is, noon

Footnote from Matthew 27:45 (Back)

[7] 27:45 Or earth

Footnote from Matthew 27:45 (Back)

[8] 27:45 That is, 3 P.M.

Footnote from Matthew 27:54 (Back)

[9] 27:54 Or a son

Footnote from Matthew 27:65 (Back)

[10] 27:65 Or Take a guard

Footnote from Matthew 28:6 (Back)

[1] 28:6 Some manuscripts the Lord

Footnote from Matthew 28:19 (Back)

[2] 28:19 Or into