Wahyu 4:4

4:4 In ¹  a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were ²  dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns ³  on their heads.

Wahyu 14:6

Three Angels and Three Messages

14:6 Then ⁴  I saw another ⁵  angel flying directly overhead, ⁶  and he had ⁷  an eternal gospel to proclaim ⁸  to those who live ⁹  on the earth – to every nation, tribe, ¹⁰  language, and people.

Wahyu 9:17

9:17 Now ¹¹  this is what the horses and their riders ¹²  looked like in my ¹³  vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, ¹⁴  dark blue, ¹⁵  and sulfurous ¹⁶  yellow in color. ¹⁷  The ¹⁸  heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur ¹⁹  came out of their mouths.

[4:4]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:4]  ² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were” to indicate the connection to the preceding material.

[4:4]  ³ sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.

[14:6]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[14:6]  ⁵ tc Most mss (Ì47 א* Ï sa) lack ἄλλον (allon, “another”) here, but the support for it is stronger (Ì^115vid א² A C P 051 1006 1611 1841 2053 2329 al latt sy bo). The problem that its inclusion represents is that there is no reference to any other angel in the immediate context (the last mention was in 11:15). In this instance, the longer reading is harder. The word was probably intentionally omitted in order to resolve the tension; less likely, it might have been accidentally omitted since its spelling is similar to “angel” (ἄγγελος, angelos).

[14:6]  ⁶ tn L&N 1.10 states, “a point or region of the sky directly above the earth – ‘high in the sky, midpoint in the sky, directly overhead, straight above in the sky.’”

[14:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “having.”

[14:6]  ⁸ tn Or “an eternal gospel to announce as good news.”

[14:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “to those seated on the earth.”

[14:6]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and tribe,” but καί (kai) has not been translated here or before the following term since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[9:17]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of the description of the horses and riders, which is somewhat parenthetical in the narrative.

[9:17]  ¹² tn Grk “and those seated on them.”

[9:17]  ¹³ tn Grk “the vision”; the Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[9:17]  ¹⁴ tn L&N 79.31 states, “‘fiery red’ (probably with a tinge of yellow or orange).”

[9:17]  ¹⁵ tn On this term BDAG 1022 s.v. ὑακίνθινος states, “hyacinth-colored, i.e. dark blue (dark red?) w. πύρινος Rv 9:17.”

[9:17]  ¹⁶ tn On this term BDAG 446 s.v. θειώδης states, “sulphurous Rv 9:17.”

[9:17]  ¹⁷ sn The colors of the riders’ breastplates parallel the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur in v. 18.

[9:17]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:17]  ¹⁹ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”