Wahyu 1:3

1:3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this ¹  prophecy aloud, ²  and blessed are ³  those who hear and obey ⁴  the things written in it, because the time is near! 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 3:2

3:2 Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about ⁹  to die, because I have not found your deeds complete ¹⁰  in the sight ¹¹  of my God.

Wahyu 3:4

3:4 But you have a few individuals ¹²  in Sardis who have not stained ¹³  their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed ¹⁴  in white, because they are worthy.

Wahyu 4:9

4:9 And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, ¹⁵  and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

Wahyu 7:3

7:3 “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants ¹⁶  of our God.”

Wahyu 8:9

8:9 and a third of the creatures ¹⁷  living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. ¹⁸ 

Wahyu 11:16

11:16 Then ¹⁹  the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground ²⁰  and worshiped God

Wahyu 16:15

16:15 (Look! I will come like a thief!

Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose ²¹  his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition ²²  be seen.) ²³ 

Wahyu 17:15

17:15 Then ²⁴  the angel ²⁵  said to me, “The waters you saw (where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, ²⁶  nations, and languages.

Wahyu 19:4

19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground ²⁷  and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”

Wahyu 20:5

20:5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) ²⁸  This is the first resurrection.

Wahyu 21:24

21:24 The nations ²⁹  will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur ³⁰  into it.

[1:3]  ¹ tn The word “this” is used to translate the Greek article τῆς (ths), bringing out its demonstrative force.

[1:3]  ² tn The word “aloud” has been supplied to indicate that in the original historical setting reading would usually refer to reading out loud in public rather than silently to oneself.

[1:3]  ³ tn The words “blessed are” are repeated from the beginning of this verse for stylistic reasons and for clarity.

[1:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “keep.” L&N 36.19 has “to continue to obey orders or commandments – ‘to obey, to keep commandments, obedience.’”

[1:3]  ⁵ sn The time refers to the time when the things prophesied would happen.

[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”).

[3:2]  ⁹ tn The verb ἔμελλον (emellon) is in the imperfect tense.

[3:2]  ¹⁰ tn The perfect passive participle has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect here.

[3:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “in the judgment.” BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνώπιον 3 states, “in the opinion/judgment of…As a rule…of θεός or κύριος; so after…πεπληρωμένος Rv 3:2.”

[3:4]  ¹² tn Grk “a few names”; here ὄνομα (onoma) is used by figurative extension to mean “person” or “people”; according to L&N 9.19 there is “the possible implication of existence or relevance as individuals.”

[3:4]  ¹³ tn Or “soiled” (so NAB, NRSV, NIV); NCV “have kept their clothes unstained”; CEV “have not dirtied your clothes with sin.”

[3:4]  ¹⁴ tn The word “dressed” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[4:9]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[7:3]  ¹⁶ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[8:9]  ¹⁷ tn Or “a third of the living creatures in the sea”; Grk “the third of the creatures which were in the sea, the ones having life.”

[8:9]  ¹⁸ tn On the term translated “completely destroyed,” L&N 20.40 states, “to cause the complete destruction of someone or something – ‘to destroy utterly.’ τὸ τρίτον τῶν πλοίων διεφθάρησαν ‘a third of the ships were completely destroyed’ Re 8:9.”

[11:16]  ¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[11:16]  ²⁰ tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” 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.”

[16:15]  ²¹ tn Grk “and keeps.” BDAG 1002 s.v. τηρέω 2.c states “of holding on to someth. so as not to give it up or lose it…τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ Rv 16:15 (or else he will have to go naked).”

[16:15]  ²² tn On the translation of ἀσχημοσύνη (aschmosunh) as “shameful condition” see L&N 25.202. The indefinite third person plural (“and they see”) has been translated as a passive here.

[16:15]  ²³ sn These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator. Many interpreters have seen this verse as so abrupt that it could not be an original part of the work, but the author has used such asides before (1:7; 14:13) and the suddenness here (on the eve of Armageddon) is completely parallel to Jesus’ warning in Mark 13:15-16 and parallels.

[17:15]  ²⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[17:15]  ²⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:15]  ²⁶ tn Grk “and multitudes,” but καί (kai) has not been translated here and before the following term since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[19:4]  ²⁷ tn Grk “creatures fell down.” 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.”

[20:5]  ²⁸ sn This statement appears to be a parenthetical comment by the author.

[21:24]  ²⁹ tn Or “the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[21:24]  ³⁰ tn Or “splendor”; Grk “glory.”