Esther 4:16

4:16 “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I ¹  will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. ²  If I perish, I perish!”

Acts 20:24

20:24 But I do not consider my life ³  worth anything ⁴  to myself, so that ⁵  I may finish my task ⁶  and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news ⁷  of God’s grace.

Acts 20:1

Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ⁸  them and saying farewell, ⁹  he left to go to Macedonia. ¹⁰ 

Acts 3:16

3:16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ ¹¹  name, ¹²  his very name has made this man – whom you see and know – strong. The ¹³  faith that is through Jesus ¹⁴  has given him this complete health in the presence ¹⁵  of you all.

Revelation 12:11

12:11 But ¹⁶  they overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony,

and they did not love their lives ¹⁷  so much that they were afraid to die.

¹ tn Heb “I and my female attendants.” The translation reverses the order for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “which is not according to the law” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “contrary to the law.”

³ tn Grk “soul.”

⁴ tn Or “I do not consider my life worth a single word.” According to BDAG 599 s.v. λόγος 1.a.α, “In the textually uncertain pass. Ac 20:24 the text as it stands in N., οὐδενὸς λόγου (v.l. λόγον) ποιοῦμαι τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν, may well mean: I do not consider my life worth a single word (cp. λόγου ἄξιον [ἄξιος 1a] and our ‘worth mention’).”

⁵ tn BDAG 1106 s.v. ὡς 9 describes this use as “a final particle, expressing intention/purpose, with a view to, in order to.”

⁶ tn Grk “course.” See L&N 42.26, “(a figurative extension of meaning of δρόμος ‘race’) a task or function involving continuity, serious, effort, and possibly obligation – ‘task, mission’…Ac 20:24.” On this Pauline theme see also Phil 1:19-26; Col 1:24; 2 Tim 4:6-7.

⁷ tn Or “to the gospel.”

⁸ tn Or “exhorting.”

⁹ tn Or “and taking leave of them.”

¹⁰ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

¹¹ tn Grk “in his name”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² sn Here is another example of appeal to the person by mentioning the name. See the note on the word name in 3:6.

¹³ tn Grk “see and know, and the faith.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation and καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated.

¹⁴ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn Or “in full view.”

¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

¹⁷ sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25.