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The Greek in Galatians 2:11 that is translated as “he stood self-condemned” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with er betrug sich so unmöglich or “he behaved so impossibly.”
See also self-condemned.
The Greek in Philippians 3:2 that is translated as “mutilate the flesh” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Zer-schnitteten or “ones who are cut up.” Zer-schnittenen is a new word creation that forms a word play together with Be-schnittenen or “ones who are circumcised” in Phillipians 3:3.
The Greek in Luke 24:16 that is translated as “their eyes were prevented from recognizing” in English is translated with idioms in languages like Shona with “their eyes were clouded, or, shrouded/blindfolded,” Uab Meto with “their eyes were misty” or with a simile such as “their eyes were just as if they had been caused to be shut” in Marathi.
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated idiomatically with wie mit Blindheit geschlagen or “as if struck with blindness.”
The Greek in Acts 18:25 that is translated as “with burning enthusiasm” or similar in English is translated in Low German idiomatically with the alliteration mit Feuer und Flamme, lit. “with fire and flame” (translation by Johannes Jessen, publ. 1933, republ. 2006).
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is translated as man spürte die Glut des Heiligen Geistes or “one could sense the fervor (lit.: “glow”) of the Holy Spirit.”
The Greek in John 10:18 that is translated as ” I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as Ich habe die Freiheit es zu verschenken, und die Freiheit, es mir wieder zu nehmen or “I have the freedom to give it (like a gift) and the freedom to take it up again.”
The Greek in Revelation 6:12 that is translated as “black as sackcloth” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as schwarz wie ein Sack aus Ziegenfell or “as black as a bag of goatskin.”
The Greek in Mark 16:15 that is translated as “the whole creation” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with allen Geschöpfen or “all created beings.”