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Matthew 23:32-34
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Matthew 23:32-34
New English Translation
32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors! 33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?[a]
34 “For this reason I[b] am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law,[c] some of whom you will kill and crucify,[d] and some you will flog[e] in your synagogues[f] and pursue from town to town,
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- Matthew 23:33 tn Grk “the judgment of Gehenna.”sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.
- Matthew 23:34 tn Grk “behold I am sending.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
- Matthew 23:34 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
- Matthew 23:34 sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.
- Matthew 23:34 tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”
- Matthew 23:34 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
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