Kejadian 43:18

43:18 But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of ¹  the money that was returned in our sacks last time. ²  He wants to capture us, ³  make us slaves, and take ⁴  our donkeys!”

Kejadian 43:23

43:23 “Everything is fine,” ⁵  the man in charge of Joseph’s household told them. “Don’t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. ⁶  I had your money.” ⁷  Then he brought Simeon out to them.

Kejadian 50:18-21

50:18 Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.” 50:19 But Joseph answered them, “Don’t be afraid. Am ⁸  I in the place of God? 50:20 As for you, you meant to harm me, ⁹  but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day. ¹⁰  50:21 So now, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children.” Then he consoled them and spoke kindly ¹¹  to them.

Kejadian 50:1

The Burials of Jacob and Joseph

50:1 Then Joseph hugged his father’s face. ¹²  He wept over him and kissed him.

1 Samuel 12:19-20

12:19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us – your servants – so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.” ¹³ 

12:20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed sinned. ¹⁴  However, don’t turn aside from the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart.

1 Samuel 12:24

12:24 However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

Yesaya 35:3-4

35:3 Strengthen the hands that have gone limp,

steady the knees that shake! ¹⁵ 

35:4 Tell those who panic, ¹⁶ 

“Be strong! Do not fear!

Look, your God comes to avenge!

With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.” ¹⁷ 

Markus 5:33-34

5:33 Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 5:34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. ¹⁸  Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

Lukas 1:12-13

1:12 And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, ¹⁹  was seized with fear. ²⁰  1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, ²¹  and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you ²²  will name him John. ²³ 

Lukas 1:29-30

1:29 But ²⁴  she was greatly troubled ²⁵  by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting. ²⁶  1:30 So ²⁷  the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, ²⁸  Mary, for you have found favor ²⁹  with God!

[43:18]  ¹ tn Heb “over the matter of.”

[43:18]  ² tn Heb “in the beginning,” that is, at the end of their first visit.

[43:18]  ³ tn Heb “to roll himself upon us and to cause himself to fall upon us.” The infinitives here indicate the purpose (as viewed by the brothers) for their being brought to Joseph’s house.

[43:18]  ⁴ tn The word “take” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[43:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he said, ‘peace to you.’” Here the statement has the force of “everything is fine,” or perhaps even “calm down.” The referent of “he” (the man in charge of Joseph’ household) has been specified in the translation for clarity, and the order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged for stylistic reasons.

[43:23]  ⁶ sn Your God and the God of your father…This is the first clear reference in the story to the theme of divine providence – that God works through the human actions to do his will.

[43:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “your money came to me.”

[50:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “For am I.”

[50:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “you devised against me evil.”

[50:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “God devised it for good in order to do, like this day, to preserve alive a great nation.”

[50:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “spoke to their heart.”

[50:1]  ¹² tn Heb “fell on.” The expression describes Joseph’s unrestrained sorrow over Jacob’s death; he probably threw himself across the body and embraced his father.

[12:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “for we have added to all our sins an evil [thing] by asking for ourselves a king.”

[12:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “you have done all this evil.”

[35:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “staggering knees”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “feeble knees”; NIV “knees that give way.”

[35:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Say to the hasty of heart,” i.e., those whose hearts beat quickly from fear.

[35:4]  ¹⁷ tn The jussive form וְיֹשַׁעֲכֶם (vÿyosha’akhem), which is subordinated to the preceding imperfect with vav conjunctive, indicates purpose.

[5:34]  ¹⁸ tn Or “has delivered you”; Grk “has saved you.” This should not be understood as an expression for full salvation in the immediate context; it refers only to the woman’s healing.

[1:12]  ¹⁹ tn The words “the angel” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[1:12]  ²⁰ tn Or “and he was afraid”; Grk “fear fell upon him.” Fear is common when supernatural agents appear (1:29-30, 65; 2:9; 5:8-10; 9:34; 24:38; Exod 15:16; Judg 6:22-23; 13:6, 22; 2 Sam 6:9).

[1:13]  ²¹ tn The passive means that the prayer was heard by God.

[1:13]  sn Your prayer has been heard. Zechariah’s prayer while offering the sacrifice would have been for the nation, but the answer to the prayer also gave them a long hoped-for child, a hope they had abandoned because of their old age.

[1:13]  ²² 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]  ²³ 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.

[1:13]  sn “Do not be afraid…you must call his name John.” This is a standard birth announcement (see Gen 16:11; Isa 7:14; Matt 1:21; Luke 1:31).

[1:29]  ²⁴ tc Most mss (A C Θ 0130 ˹³ Ï lat sy) have ἰδοῦσα (idousa, “when [she] saw [the angel]”) here as well, making Mary’s concern the appearance of the angel. This construction is harder than the shorter reading since it adds a transitive verb without an explicit object. However, the shorter reading has significant support (א B D L W Ψ Ë¹ 565 579 1241 sa) and on balance should probably be considered authentic.

[1:29]  ²⁵ sn On the phrase greatly troubled see 1:12. Mary’s reaction was like Zechariah’s response.

[1:29]  ²⁶ tn Grk “to wonder what kind of greeting this might be.” Luke often uses the optative this way to reveal a figure’s thinking (3:15; 8:9; 18:36; 22:23).

[1:30]  ²⁷ 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]  ²⁸ sn Do not be afraid. See 1:13 for a similar statement to Zechariah.

[1:30]  ²⁹ tn Or “grace.”

[1:30]  sn The expression found favor is a Semitism, common in the OT (Gen 6:8; 18:3; 43:14; 2 Sam 15:25). God has chosen to act on this person’s behalf.