diff --git a/lib/coffee_script/nodes.js b/lib/coffee_script/nodes.js
index bcab2c88..d7989820 100644
--- a/lib/coffee_script/nodes.js
+++ b/lib/coffee_script/nodes.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function(){
-  var AccessorNode, ArrayNode, AssignNode, CallNode, ClosureNode, CodeNode, CommentNode, Expressions, ExtendsNode, IDENTIFIER, IndexNode, LiteralNode, Node, ObjectNode, OpNode, PushNode, RangeNode, ReturnNode, SliceNode, SplatNode, TAB, TRAILING_WHITESPACE, ThisNode, TryNode, ValueNode, WhileNode, any, compact, del, dup, flatten, inherit, merge, statement;
+  var AccessorNode, ArrayNode, AssignNode, CallNode, ClosureNode, CodeNode, CommentNode, ExistenceNode, Expressions, ExtendsNode, IDENTIFIER, IndexNode, LiteralNode, Node, ObjectNode, OpNode, ParentheticalNode, PushNode, RangeNode, ReturnNode, SliceNode, SplatNode, TAB, TRAILING_WHITESPACE, ThisNode, ThrowNode, TryNode, ValueNode, WhileNode, any, compact, del, dup, flatten, inherit, merge, statement;
   var __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
   process.mixin(require('./scope'));
   // The abstract base class for all CoffeeScript nodes.
@@ -1134,4 +1134,53 @@
     }
   }));
   statement(TryNode);
+  // Throw an exception.
+  ThrowNode = (exports.ThrowNode = inherit(Node, {
+    constructor: function constructor(expression) {
+      this.children = [(this.expression = expression)];
+      return this;
+    },
+    compile_node: function compile_node(o) {
+      return this.idt() + 'throw ' + this.expression.compile(o) + ';';
+    }
+  }));
+  statement(ThrowNode, true);
+  // Check an expression for existence (meaning not null or undefined).
+  ExistenceNode = (exports.ExistenceNode = inherit(Node, {
+    constructor: function constructor(expression) {
+      this.children = [(this.expression = expression)];
+      return this;
+    },
+    compile_node: function compile_node(o) {
+      return ExistenceNode.compile_test(o, this.expression);
+    }
+  }));
+  ExistenceNode.compile_test = function compile_test(o, variable) {
+    var __a, __b, first, second;
+    __a = [variable, variable];
+    first = __a[0];
+    second = __a[1];
+    if (variable instanceof CallNode) {
+      __b = variable.compile_reference(o);
+      first = __b[0];
+      second = __b[1];
+    }
+    return '(typeof ' + first.compile(o) + ' !== "undefined" && ' + second.compile(o) + ' !== null)';
+  };
+  // An extra set of parentheses, specified explicitly in the source.
+  ParentheticalNode = (exports.ParentheticalNode = inherit(Node, {
+    constructor: function constructor(expressions) {
+      this.children = [(this.expressions = expressions)];
+      return this;
+    },
+    compile_node: function compile_node(o) {
+      var code, l;
+      code = this.expressions.compile(o);
+      l = code.length;
+      if (code.substr(l - 1, 1) === ';') {
+        code = code.substr(o, l - 1);
+      }
+      return '(' + code + ')';
+    }
+  }));
 })();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/coffee_script/nodes.rb b/lib/coffee_script/nodes.rb
index fe591213..99977810 100644
--- a/lib/coffee_script/nodes.rb
+++ b/lib/coffee_script/nodes.rb
@@ -853,9 +853,7 @@ module CoffeeScript
     end
   end
 
-  # An extra set of parentheses, supplied by the script source.
-  # You can't wrap parentheses around bits that get compiled into JS statements,
-  # unfortunately.
+  # An extra set of parentheses, specified explicitly in the source.
   class ParentheticalNode < Node
     children :expressions
 
diff --git a/src/nodes.coffee b/src/nodes.coffee
index ce97b3db..25e065f6 100644
--- a/src/nodes.coffee
+++ b/src/nodes.coffee
@@ -825,6 +825,51 @@ TryNode: exports.TryNode: inherit Node, {
 
 statement TryNode
 
+# Throw an exception.
+ThrowNode: exports.ThrowNode: inherit Node, {
+
+  constructor: (expression) ->
+    @children: [@expression: expression]
+    this
+
+  compile_node: (o) ->
+    @idt() + 'throw ' + @expression.compile(o) + ';'
+
+}
+
+statement ThrowNode, true
+
+# Check an expression for existence (meaning not null or undefined).
+ExistenceNode: exports.ExistenceNode: inherit Node, {
+
+  constructor: (expression) ->
+    @children: [@expression: expression]
+    this
+
+  compile_node: (o) ->
+    ExistenceNode.compile_test(o, @expression)
+
+}
+
+ExistenceNode.compile_test: (o, variable) ->
+  [first, second]: [variable, variable]
+  [first, second]: variable.compile_reference(o) if variable instanceof CallNode
+  '(typeof ' + first.compile(o) + ' !== "undefined" && ' + second.compile(o) + ' !== null)'
+
+# An extra set of parentheses, specified explicitly in the source.
+ParentheticalNode: exports.ParentheticalNode: inherit Node, {
+
+  constructor: (expressions) ->
+    @children: [@expressions: expressions]
+    this
+
+  compile_node: (o) ->
+    code: @expressions.compile(o)
+    l:    code.length
+    code: code.substr(o, l-1) if code.substr(l-1, 1) is ';'
+    '(' + code + ')'
+
+}