Wahyu 2:18

To the Church in Thyatira

2:18 “To ¹  the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following: ² 

“This is the solemn pronouncement of ³  the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame ⁴  and whose feet are like polished bronze: ⁵ 

Wahyu 2:26

2:26 And to the one who conquers ⁶  and who continues in ⁷  my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations ⁸  –

Wahyu 5:11

5:11 Then ⁹  I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their ¹⁰  number was ten thousand times ten thousand ¹¹  – thousands times thousands –

Wahyu 6:5

6:5 Then ¹²  when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” So ¹³  I looked, ¹⁴  and here came ¹⁵  a black horse! The ¹⁶  one who rode it ¹⁷  had a balance scale ¹⁸  in his hand.

Wahyu 6:9

6:9 Now ¹⁹  when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed ²⁰  because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.

Wahyu 11:8

11:8 Their ²¹  corpses will lie in the street ²²  of the great city that is symbolically ²³  called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified.

Wahyu 17:17

17:17 For God has put into their minds ²⁴  to carry out his purpose ²⁵  by making ²⁶  a decision ²⁷  to give their royal power ²⁸  to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled. ²⁹ 

Wahyu 18:10

18:10 They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say,

“Woe, woe, O great city,

Babylon the powerful city!

For in a single hour your doom ³⁰  has come!”

Wahyu 20:1

The Thousand Year Reign

20:1 Then ³¹  I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding ³²  in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.

Wahyu 20:9

20:9 They ³³  went up ³⁴  on the broad plain of the earth ³⁵  and encircled ³⁶  the camp ³⁷  of the saints and the beloved city, but ³⁸  fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely. ³⁹ 

Wahyu 21:2

21:2 And I saw the holy city – the new Jerusalem – descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.

[2:18]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated due to differences between Greek and English style.

[2:18]  ² tn The phrase “the following” after “write” is supplied to clarify that what follows is the content of what is to be written.

[2:18]  ³ tn Grk “These things says [the One]…” See the note on the phrase “this is the solemn pronouncement of” in 2:1.

[2:18]  sn The expression This is the solemn pronouncement of reflects an OT idiom. See the note on this phrase in 2:1.

[2:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “a flame of fire.” The Greek term πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[2:18]  ⁵ tn The precise meaning of the term translated “polished bronze” (χαλκολιβάνῳ, calkolibanw), which appears no where else in Greek literature outside of the book of Revelation (see 1:15), is uncertain. Without question it is some sort of metal. BDAG 1076 s.v. χαλκολίβανον suggests “fine brass/bronze.” L&N 2.57 takes the word to refer to particularly valuable or fine bronze, but notes that the emphasis here and in Rev 1:15 is more on the lustrous quality of the metal.

[2:26]  ⁶ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

[2:26]  ⁷ tn Grk “keeps.” In a context that speaks of “holding on to what you have,” the idea here is one of continued faithful behavior (BDAG 1002 s.v. τηρέω 3 has “ὁ τηρῶν τὰ ἔργα μου the one who takes my deeds to heart Rv 2:26”).

[2:26]  ⁸ tn Or “over the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[5:11]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[5:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “elders, and the number of them was.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[5:11]  ¹¹ tn Or “myriads of myriads.” Although μυριάς (murias) literally means “10,000,” the point of the combination here may simply be to indicate an incalculably huge number. See L&N 60.9.

[6:5]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[6:5]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the summons by the third creature.

[6:5]  ¹⁴ tc The reading “and I looked” (καὶ εἶδον, kai eidon) or some slight variation (e.g., ἶδον, idon) has excellent ms support ({א A C P 1611}) and its omission seems to have come through the mss that have already placed “and look” (καὶ ἴδε or καὶ βλέπε [kai ide or kai blepe]) after the verb “come” (ἔρχου, ercou) in 6:1. Thus, for these copyists it was redundant to add “and I looked” again.

[6:5]  ¹⁵ tn The phrase “and here came” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

[6:5]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:5]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”

[6:5]  ¹⁸ sn A balance scale would have been a rod held by a rope in the middle with pans attached to both ends for measuring.

[6:9]  ¹⁹ 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]  ²⁰ tn Or “murdered.” See the note on the word “butcher” in 6:4.

[11:8]  ²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:8]  ²² tn The Greek word πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to a major (broad) street (L&N 1.103).

[11:8]  ²³ tn Grk “spiritually.”

[17:17]  ²⁴ tn Grk “hearts.”

[17:17]  ²⁵ tn Or “his intent.”

[17:17]  ²⁶ tn The infinitive ποιῆσαι (poihsai) was translated here as giving the logical means by which God’s purpose was carried out.

[17:17]  ²⁷ tn On this term BDAG 203 s.v. γνώμη 4 states, “declaration, decision, resolution…of God Rv 17:17.”

[17:17]  ²⁸ tn For this translation see BDAG 168 s.v. βασιλεία 1.a, “kingship, royal power, royal rule.”

[17:17]  ²⁹ tn Or “completed.”

[18:10]  ³⁰ tn Or “judgment,” condemnation,” “punishment.” BDAG 569 s.v. κρίσις 1.a.β states, “The word oft. means judgment that goes against a person, condemnation, and the sentence that follows…ἡ κ. σου your judgment Rv 18:10.”

[20:1]  ³¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[20:1]  ³² tn The word “holding” is implied. The two clauses “having the key of the abyss” and “a huge chain in his hand” can be construed in two ways: (1) both are controlled by the participle ἔχοντα (econta) and both are modified by the phrase “in his hand” – “having in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.” (2) The participle ἔχοντα refers only to the key, and the phrase “in his hand” refers only to the chain – “having the key of the abyss and holding a huge chain in his hand.” Because of the stylistic tendency in Rev to use the verb ἔχω (ecw) to mean “hold (something)” and the phrase “in his hand” forming a “bracket” along with the verb ἔχω around both the phrases in question, the first option is preferred.

[20:9]  ³³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:9]  ³⁴ tn The shift here to past tense reflects the Greek text.

[20:9]  ³⁵ tn On the phrase “broad plain of the earth” BDAG 823 s.v. πλάτος states, “τὸ πλάτος τῆς γῆς Rv 20:9 comes fr. the OT (Da 12:2 LXX. Cp. Hab 1:6; Sir 1:3), but the sense is not clear: breadth = the broad plain of the earth is perh. meant to provide room for the countless enemies of God vs. 8, but the ‘going up’ is better suited to Satan (vs. 7) who has recently been freed, and who comes up again fr. the abyss (vs. 3).” The referent here thus appears to be a plain large enough to accommodate the numberless hoards that have drawn up for battle against the Lord Christ and his saints.

[20:9]  ³⁶ tn Or “surrounded.”

[20:9]  ³⁷ tn On the term παρεμβολή (parembolh) BDAG 775 s.v. states, “Mostly used as a military t.t.…so always in our lit.…1. a (fortified) camp…ἡ παρεμβολὴ τῶν ἁγίων Rv 20:9 is also to be understood fr. the OT use of the word.”

[20:9]  ³⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[20:9]  ³⁹ tn See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesqiw) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”