Wahyu 2:20
Konteks2:20 But I have this against you: You tolerate that 1 woman 2 Jezebel, 3 who calls herself a prophetess, and by her teaching deceives 4 my servants 5 to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. 6
Wahyu 5:8
Konteks5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground 7 before the Lamb. Each 8 of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). 9
[2:20] 1 tn The Greek article has been translated here with demonstrative force.
[2:20] 2 tc The ms evidence for γυναῖκα (gunaika, “woman”) alone includes {א C P 1611 2053 pc lat}. The ms evidence for the addition of “your” (σου, sou) includes A 1006 2351 ÏK pc sy. With the pronoun, the text reads “your wife, Jezebel” instead of “that woman, Jezebel.” In Revelation, A C are the most important
[2:20] 3 sn Jezebel was the name of King Ahab’s idolatrous and wicked queen in 1 Kgs 16:31; 18:1-5; 19:1-3; 21:5-24. It is probable that the individual named here was analogous to her prototype in idolatry and immoral behavior, since those are the items singled out for mention.
[2:20] 4 tn Grk “teaches and deceives” (διδάσκει καὶ πλανᾷ, didaskei kai plana), a construction in which the first verb appears to specify the means by which the second is accomplished: “by her teaching, deceives…”
[2:20] 5 tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.
[2:20] 6 sn To commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. Note the conclusions of the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15:29, which specifically prohibits Gentile Christians from engaging in these activities.
[5:8] 7 tn Grk “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.”
[5:8] 8 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
[5:8] 9 sn This interpretive comment by the author forms a parenthesis in the narrative.