diff --git a/mat/02/16.md b/mat/02/16.md
index 205e27e46b..0075e1400b 100644
--- a/mat/02/16.md
+++ b/mat/02/16.md
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ Here the scene shifts back to Herod and tells what he did when he learned that t
 
 This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the learned men had embarrassed him by tricking him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
 
-# He sent and killed all the male children
+# He sent and slew all the male children
 
-Herod did not kill the children himself. Alternate translation: "He gave orders for his soldiers to kill all the boys" or "He sent soldiers there to kill all the boy babies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
+Herod did not slay the children himself. Alternate translation: "He gave orders for his soldiers to slay all the boys" or "He sent soldiers there to slay all the boy babies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
+
+# slew
+
+This word is the past tense of "slay."
 
 # two years old and under
 
diff --git a/mat/04/12.md b/mat/04/12.md
index 2702e98d9e..a2ca8a3252 100644
--- a/mat/04/12.md
+++ b/mat/04/12.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is the beginning of a new part of the story in which Matthew describes the
 
 This word is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here Matthew starts to tell a new part of the story.
 
-# John had been arrested
+# John had been handed over
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the king had arrested John" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
+This can be stated in active form and the information omitted from the euphemism can be stated. Alternate translation: "the king had handed John over to the prison" or "the king had arrested John" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])