Footnotes

1. Matthew 12:15 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
2. Matthew 12:15 tc א B lat read only πολλοί (polloi, “many”) here, the first hand of N reads ὄχλοι (ochloi, “crowds”), while virtually all the rest of the witnesses have ὄχλοι πολλοί (ochloi polloi, “great crowds”). In spite of the good quality of both א and B (especially in combination), and the testimony of the Latin witnesses, the longer reading is most likely correct; the shorter readings were likely due to homoioteleuton. NA²⁸ puts ὄχλοι in brackets, indicating the difficulty in choosing on reading over the other.
3. Matthew 12:17 tn Grk “so that what was said by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled, saying.” This final clause, however, is part of one sentence in Greek (vv. 15b-17) and is thus not related only to v. 16. The participle λέγοντος (legontos) is redundant and has not been translated.
4. Matthew 12:18 tn Grk “Behold my servant.”
5. Matthew 12:18 tn Grk “in whom my soul is well pleased.”
6. Matthew 12:21 tn Or “the nations” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).
7. Matthew 12:21 sn Verses 18-21 are a quotation from Isa 42:1-4.