Luke 1:13

1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, ¹  and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you ²  will name him John. ³ 

Luke 1:30

1:30 So ⁴  the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, ⁵  Mary, for you have found favor ⁶  with God!

Daniel 10:11-12

10:11 He said to me, “Daniel, you are of great value. ⁷  Understand the words that I am about to ⁸  speak to you. So stand up, ⁹  for I have now been sent to you.” When he said this ¹⁰  to me, I stood up shaking. 10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ¹¹  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Daniel 10:19

10:19 He said to me, “Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. ¹²  Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, “Sir, you may speak now, ¹³  for you have given me strength.”

Matthew 28:5

28:5 But the angel said ¹⁴  to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know ¹⁵  that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ¹⁶ 

Revelation 1:17-18

1:17 When ¹⁷  I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but ¹⁸  he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, 1:18 and the one who lives! I ¹⁹  was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades! ²⁰ 

[1:13]  ¹ tn The passive means that the prayer was heard by God.

[1:13]  ² tn Grk “a son, and you”; καί (kai) has not been translated. Instead a semicolon is used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:13]  ³ tn Grk “you will call his name John.” The future tense here functions like a command (see ExSyn 569-70). This same construction occurs in v. 31.

[1:30]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Gabriel’s statement is a response to Mary’s perplexity over the greeting.

[1:30]  ⁵ sn Do not be afraid. See 1:13 for a similar statement to Zechariah.

[1:30]  ⁶ tn Or “grace.”

[10:11]  ⁷ tn Or “a treasured person”; KJV “a man greatly beloved”; NASB “man of high esteem.”

[10:11]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew participle is often used, as here, to refer to the imminent future.

[10:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “stand upon your standing.”

[10:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “spoke this word.”

[10:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “gave your heart.”

[10:19]  ¹² tn Heb “treasured man.”

[10:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “my lord may speak.”

[28:5]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “But answering, the angel said.” This is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[28:5]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “for I know.”

[28:5]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[1:17]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[1:17]  ¹⁸ tn Here the Greek conjunction καί (kai) has been translated as a contrastive (“but”) due to the contrast between the two clauses.

[1:18]  ¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:18]  ²⁰ tn Concerning “Hades” BDAG 19 s.v. ᾅδης 1 and 2 states: “Orig. proper noun, god of the nether world, ‘Hades’, then the nether world, Hades as place of the dead, Ac 2:27, 31 (Ps 15:10; Eccl 9:10; PGM 1, 179; 16, 8; Philo, Mos. 1, 195; Jos., Bell. 1, 596, Ant. 6, 332). Of Jonah’s fish ἐκ τοῦ κατωτάτου ᾅδου. In the depths, contrasted w. heaven ἕως (τοῦ) ᾅδου Mt 11:23; Lk 10:15 (PsSol 15:10; cp.; Is 14:11, 15); ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ 16:23; ἐν ῝Αιδου ApcPt Rainer. Accessible by gates (but the pl. is also used [e.g. Hom., X., Ael. Aristid. 47, 20 K.=23 p. 450 D.] when only one gate is meant), hence πύλαι ᾅδου (Il. 5, 646; Is 38:10; Wsd 16:13; 3 Macc 5:51; Pss. Sol. 16:2. – Lucian, Menipp. 6 the magicians can open τοῦ ῝Αιδου τὰς πύλας and conduct people in and out safely) Mt 16:18…locked ἔχω τὰς κλεῖς τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ᾅδου Rv 1:18 (the genitives are either obj. [Ps.-Apollod. 3, 12, 6, 10 Aeacus, the son of Zeus holds the κλεῖς τοῦ ῝Αιδου; SEG VIII, 574, 3 (III ad) τῷ τὰς κλεῖδας ἔχοντι τῶν καθ᾿ ῝Αιδου (restored)] or possess.; in the latter case death and Hades are personif.; s. 2)…Hades personif.…w. θάνατος (cp. Is 28:15; Job 38:17…) Rv 6:8; 20:13f.”