Wahyu 7:4
Konteks7:4 Now 1 I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, 2 one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all 3 the tribes of the people of Israel: 4
Wahyu 18:14
Konteks18:14 (The ripe fruit 5 you greatly desired 6
has gone from you,
and all your luxury 7 and splendor 8
have gone from you –
they will never ever be found again!) 9
[7:4] 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of new but related material.
[7:4] 2 tn Grk “who were sealed.”
[7:4] 3 tn Normally, “every,” but since 144,000 is the total number, “all” is clearer here.
[7:4] 4 tn Grk “the sons of Israel,” normally an idiom for the Israelites as an ethnic entity (L&N 11.58). However, many scholars understand the expression in this context to refer to Christians rather than ethnic Israelites.
[18:14] 5 tn On ὀπώρα (opwra) L&N 3.34 states, “ἡ ὀπώρα σου τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ψυχῆς ‘the ripe fruit for which you longed’ Re 18:14. In this one occurrence of ὀπώρα in the NT, ‘ripe fruit’ is to be understood in a figurative sense of ‘good things.’”
[18:14] 6 tn Grk “you desired in your soul.”
[18:14] 7 tn On λιπαρός (liparo") BDAG 597 s.v. states, “luxury Rv 18:14.”
[18:14] 8 tn On τὰ λαμπρά (ta lampra) BDAG 585 s.v. λαμπρός 4 states, “splendor…in which a rich man takes delight (cp. Jos., Ant. 12, 220 δωρεὰς δοὺς λαμπράς) Rv 18:14.”
[18:14] 9 tn Verse 14 is set in parentheses because in it the city, Babylon, is addressed directly in second person.
[18:14] sn This verse forms a parenthetical aside in the narrative.