Romans 3:26

3:26 This was ¹  also to demonstrate ²  his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just ³  and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness. ⁴ 

Isaiah 50:8-9

50:8 The one who vindicates me is close by.

Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! ⁵ 

Who is my accuser? ⁶  Let him challenge me! ⁷ 

50:9 Look, the sovereign Lord helps me.

Who dares to condemn me?

Look, all of them will wear out like clothes;

a moth will eat away at them.

Galatians 3:8

3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, ⁸  saying, “All the nations ⁹  will be blessed in you.” ¹⁰ 

Revelation 12:10-11

12:10 Then ¹¹  I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,

“The salvation and the power

and the kingdom of our God,

and the ruling authority ¹²  of his Christ, ¹³  have now come,

because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, ¹⁴ 

the one who accuses them day and night ¹⁵  before our God,

has been thrown down.

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.

[3:26]  ¹ tn The words “This was” have been repeated from the previous verse to clarify that this is a continuation of that thought. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[3:26]  ² tn Grk “toward a demonstration,” repeating and expanding the purpose of God’s action in v. 25a.

[3:26]  ³ tn Or “righteous.”

[3:26]  ⁴ tn Or “of the one who has faith in Jesus.” See note on “faithfulness of Jesus Christ” in v. 22 for the rationale behind the translation “Jesus’ faithfulness.”

[50:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “Let us stand together!”

[50:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “Who is the master of my judgment?”

[50:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “let him approach me”; NAB, NIV “Let him confront me.”

[3:8]  ⁸ tn For the Greek verb προευαγγελίζομαι (proeuangelizomai) translated as “proclaim the gospel ahead of time,” compare L&N 33.216.

[3:8]  ⁹ tn The same plural Greek word, τὰ ἔθνη (ta eqnh), can be translated as “nations” or “Gentiles.”

[3:8]  ¹⁰ sn A quotation from Gen 12:3; 18:18.

[12:10]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[12:10]  ¹² tn Or “the right of his Messiah to rule.” See L&N 37.35.

[12:10]  ¹³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[12:10]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). The translation “fellow believer” would normally apply (L&N 11.23), but since the speaker(s) are not specified in this context, it is not clear if such a translation would be appropriate here. The more generic “brothers and sisters” was chosen to emphasize the fact of a relationship without specifying its type.

[12:10]  ¹⁵ tn Or “who accuses them continually.”

[12:11]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

[12:11]  ¹⁷ sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25.