Wahyu 1:2

1:2 who then ¹  testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about ²  Jesus Christ.

Wahyu 6:9

6:9 Now ³  when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed ⁴  because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.

Wahyu 11:7

11:7 When ⁵  they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer ⁶  them and kill them.

Wahyu 12:11

12:11 But ⁷  they overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony,

and they did not love their lives ⁸  so much that they were afraid to die.

Wahyu 12:17

12:17 So ⁹  the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, ¹⁰  those who keep ¹¹  God’s commandments and hold to ¹²  the testimony about Jesus. ¹³  (12:18) And the dragon ¹⁴  stood ¹⁵  on the sand ¹⁶  of the seashore. ¹⁷ 

Wahyu 19:10

19:10 So ¹⁸  I threw myself down ¹⁹  at his feet to worship him, but ²⁰  he said, “Do not do this! ²¹  I am only ²²  a fellow servant ²³  with you and your brothers ²⁴  who hold to the testimony about ²⁵  Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

[1:2]  ¹ tn “Then” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to make the chronological succession clear in the translation.

[1:2]  ² tn The genitive phrase “about Jesus Christ” is taken as an objective genitive.

[6:9]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a new and somewhat different topic after the introduction of the four riders.

[6:9]  ⁴ tn Or “murdered.” See the note on the word “butcher” in 6:4.

[11:7]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:7]  ⁶ tn Or “be victorious over”; traditionally, “overcome.”

[12:11]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

[12:11]  ⁸ sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25.

[12:17]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the woman’s escape.

[12:17]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “her seed” (an idiom for offspring, children, or descendants).

[12:17]  ¹¹ tn Or “who obey.”

[12:17]  ¹² tn Grk “and having.”

[12:17]  ¹³ tn Grk “the testimony of Jesus,” which may involve a subjective genitive (“Jesus’ testimony”) or, more likely, an objective genitive (“testimony about Jesus”).

[12:17]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the dragon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:17]  ¹⁵ tc Grk ἐστάθη (estaqh, “he stood”). The reading followed by the translation is attested by the better mss (Ì⁴⁷ א A C 1854 2344 2351 pc lat sy^h) while the majority of mss (051 Ï vg^mss sy^ph co) have the reading ἐστάθην (estaqhn, “I stood”). Thus, the majority of mss make the narrator, rather than the dragon of 12:17, the subject of the verb. The first person reading is most likely an assimilation to the following verb in 13:1, “I saw.” The reading “I stood” was introduced either by accident or to produce a smoother flow, giving the narrator a vantage point on the sea’s edge from which to observe the beast rising out of the sea in 13:1. But almost everywhere else in the book, the phrase καὶ εἶδον (kai eidon, “and I saw”) marks a transition to a new vision, without reference to the narrator’s activity. On both external and internal grounds, it is best to adopt the third person reading, “he stood.”

[12:17]  ¹⁶ tn Or “sandy beach” (L&N 1.64).

[12:17]  ¹⁷ sn The standard critical texts of the Greek NT, NA²⁷ and UBS⁴, both include this sentence as 12:18, as do the RSV and NRSV. Other modern translations like the NASB and NIV include the sentence at the beginning of 13:1; in these versions chap. 12 has only 17 verses.

[19:10]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s announcement.

[19:10]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “I fell down at his feet.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[19:10]  ²⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[19:10]  ²¹ tn On the elliptical expression ὅρα μή (Jora mh) BDAG 720 s.v. ὁράω B.2 states: “Elliptically…ὅρα μή (sc. ποιήσῃς) watch out! don’t do that! Rv 19:10; 22:9.”

[19:10]  ²² tn The lowliness of a slave is emphasized in the Greek text with the emphatic position of σύνδουλος (sundoulo"). The use of “only” helps to bring this nuance out in English.

[19:10]  ²³ tn Grk “fellow slave.” See the note on the word “servants” in v. 2.

[19:10]  ²⁴ tn The Greek term “brother” literally refers to family relationships, but here it is used in a broader sense to connote familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a).

[19:10]  ²⁵ tn The genitive ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou) has been translated as an objective genitive here. A subjective genitive, also possible, would produce the meaning “who hold to what Jesus testifies.”