Isaiah 65:15

65:15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. ¹ 

The sovereign Lord will kill you,

but he will give his servants another name.

Jeremiah 33:16

33:16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety ²  and Jerusalem ³  will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.” ⁴ 

Acts 11:26

11:26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. ⁵  So ⁶  for a whole year Barnabas and Saul ⁷  met with the church and taught a significant number of people. ⁸  Now it was in Antioch ⁹  that the disciples were first called Christians. ¹⁰ 

Revelation 2:17

2:17 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, ¹¹  I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white ¹²  stone, ¹³  and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand ¹⁴  except the one who receives it.’

Revelation 3:12

3:12 The one who conquers ¹⁵  I will make ¹⁶  a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I ¹⁷  will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), ¹⁸  and my new name as well.

¹ tn Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.”

² tn For the translation of this term in this context see the parallel context in 23:6 and consult the translator’s note there.

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn Heb “And this is what will be called to it: ‘The Lord our righteousness.’”

³ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

⁴ tn Grk “So it happened that” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁵ tn Grk “year they”; the referents (Barnabas and Saul) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “a significant crowd.”

⁷ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia). See the note in 11:19.

⁸ sn The term Christians appears only here, in Acts 26:28, and 1 Pet 4:16 in the NT.

⁴ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.” The pendent dative is allowed to stand in the English translation because it is characteristic of the author’s style in Revelation.

⁵ tn Or “bright.” The Greek term λευκός (leukos) can refer either to the color white (traditional here) or to an object that is bright or shining, either from itself or from an outside source of illumination (L&N 14.50; 79.27).

⁶ tn On the interpretation of the stone, L&N 2.27 states, “A number of different suggestions have been made as to the reference of ψῆφος in this context. Some scholars believe that the white ψῆφος indicates a vote of acquittal in court. Others contend that it is simply a magical amulet; still others, a token of Roman hospitality; and finally, some have suggested that it may represent a ticket to the gladiatorial games, that is to say, to martyrdom. The context, however, suggests clearly that this is something to be prized and a type of reward for those who have ‘won the victory.’”

⁷ tn Or “know”; for the meaning “understand” see L&N 32.4.

⁵ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

⁶ tn Grk “I will make him,” but the pronoun (αὐτόν, auton, “him”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁸ sn This description of the city of my God is parenthetical, explaining further the previous phrase and interrupting the list of “new names” given here.