The Greek in Acts 26:21 that is translated as “kill me” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with mich lynchen or “lynch me.”
See also their killing him.
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The Greek in Acts 26:21 that is translated as “kill me” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with mich lynchen or “lynch me.”
See also their killing him.
The Greek that is translated as “rooftop” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Dachgarten or “roof garden.”
The Greek in 2 Corinthians 1:12 that is translated as “earthly wisdom” or “fleshly wisdom” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as “vain wisdom.”
The Greek in Philippians 1:8 that is translated as “tender affection of Christ Jesus” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with die Liebe, die von Jesus herkommt und mir durch Mark und Bein geht or “the love that comes from Jesus and touches me at me inmost being (verbatim: “goes through marrow and bone”).”
The term that is translated as “test” or “trap” in English is rendered in Natügu with the phrase “catch him in a net.” (Source: David Clark)
In Noongar it is translated with a derivative of “fish trap” (source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang).
In the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) it is often translate idiomatically as einen Strick drehen or “give him enough rope so he will hang himself.”
See also trap him by what he said / catch him in some statement.
The Greek that is translated as “he told me everything I have ever done” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) idiomatically as er hat mir alles auf den Kopf zu gesagt or “he told me everything right into my face.”
The Greek in John 21:15 that is translated as “you have no fish, have you?” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as Habt ihr nicht etwas, das man zum Brot essen kann? or “Don’t you have something that can be eaten with bread?”
The Greek in Revelation 21:24 that is translated as “will bring their glory into it” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) as werden all ihren Glanz nur aus ihr beziehen or “will draw all their glory only from her.”
They explain in a footnote: “Literally: ‘bring their glory back to them,’ i.e. they only have their own glory as a reflection of the city. The usual translation ‘bring their glory into the city’ interrupts the context of verses 23-26 in a way that is contrary to the meaning.”