WEB Bible Footnotes

Matthew

Mat. 1:1

1) Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean "The Anointed One"

Mat. 1:16

1) "Jesus" is the Greek form of the Jewish name "Y'shua," which means "Yahweh saves."

Mat. 3:11

1) UBS4 adds "and fire"

Mat. 5:26

1) Literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes is a small coin worth about 2 lepta -- not enough to buy very much of anything with.

Mat. 6:13

1) UBS4 omits this.

Mat. 10:8

1) UBS4 adds raise the dead,

Mat. 10:29

1) An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma.

Mat. 13:25

1) darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or Lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent.

Mat. 13:33

1) literallly, satas. 3 satas = about 0.5 bushel or 22 liters

Mat. 14:27

1) see Exodus 3:14.

Mat. 17:24

1) A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax.

Mat. 17:27

1) A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel Temple Tax for two people.

Mat. 20:2

1) A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of labor in a vineyard.

Mat. 23:23

1) cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.

Mat. 24:34

1) The word for "race" (genea) can also be translated as "generation."