Wahyu 3:11

3:11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away ¹  your crown. ² 

Wahyu 12:9

12:9 So ³  that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

Wahyu 13:8

13:8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, ⁴  everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world ⁵  in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed. ⁶ 

Wahyu 13:14

13:14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told ⁷  those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.

[3:11]  ¹ tn On the verb λάβῃ (labh) here BDAG 583 s.v. λαμβάνω 2 states, “to take away, remove…with or without the use of force τὰ ἀργύρια take away the silver coins (fr. the temple) Mt 27:6. τὰς ἀσθενείας diseases 8:17. τὸν στέφανον Rv 3:11.”

[3:11]  ² sn Your crown refers to a wreath consisting either of foliage or of precious metals formed to resemble foliage and worn as a symbol of honor, victory, or as a badge of high office – ‘wreath, crown’ (L&N 6.192).

[12:9]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the war in heaven.

[13:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “it”; the referent (the beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:8]  ⁵ tn The prepositional phrase “since the foundation of the world” is traditionally translated as a modifier of the immediately preceding phrase in the Greek text, “the Lamb who was killed” (so also G. B. Caird, Revelation [HNTC], 168), but it is more likely that the phrase “since the foundation of the world” modifies the verb “written” (as translated above). Confirmation of this can be found in Rev 17:8 where the phrase “written in the book of life since the foundation of the world” occurs with no ambiguity.

[13:8]  ⁶ tn Or “slaughtered”; traditionally, “slain.”

[13:14]  ⁷ tn Grk “earth, telling.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek.

[13:14]  sn He told followed by an infinitive (“to make an image…”) is sufficiently ambiguous in Greek that it could be taken as “he ordered” (so NIV) or “he persuaded” (so REB).