Matthew 1:21

1:21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him ¹  Jesus, ²  because he will save his people from their sins.”

Acts 3:26

3:26 God raised up ³  his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning ⁴  each one of you from your iniquities.” ⁵ 

Titus 2:14

2:14 He ⁶  gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, ⁷  who are eager to do good. ⁸ 

[1:21]  ¹ tn Grk “you will call his name.”

[1:21]  ² sn The Greek form of the name Ihsous, which was translated into Latin as Jesus, is the same as the Hebrew Yeshua (Joshua), which means “Yahweh saves” (Yahweh is typically rendered as “Lord” in the OT). It was a fairly common name among Jews in 1st century Palestine, as references to a number of people by this name in the LXX and Josephus indicate.

[3:26]  ³ tn Grk “God raising up his servant, sent him.” The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Some translations (e.g., NIV, NRSV) render this participle as temporal (“when God raised up his servant”).

[3:26]  ⁴ sn The picture of turning is again seen as the appropriate response to the message. See v. 19 above. In v. 19 it was “turning to,” here it is “turning away from.” The direction of the two metaphors is important.

[3:26]  ⁵ tn For the translation of plural πονηρία (ponhria) as “iniquities,” see G. Harder, TDNT 6:565. The plural is important, since for Luke turning to Jesus means turning away from sins, not just the sin of rejecting Jesus.

[2:14]  ⁶ tn Grk “who” (as a continuation of the previous clause).

[2:14]  ⁷ tn Or “a people who are his very own.”

[2:14]  ⁸ tn Grk “for good works.”