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Text -- Revelation 7:3-17 (NET)
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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 of our God .”
7:4 Now I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand , sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel :
7:5 From the tribe of Judah , twelve thousand were sealed , from the tribe of Reuben , twelve thousand , from the tribe of Gad , twelve thousand ,
7:6 from the tribe of Asher , twelve thousand , from the tribe of Naphtali , twelve thousand , from the tribe of Manasseh , twelve thousand ,
7:7 from the tribe of Simeon , twelve thousand , from the tribe of Levi , twelve thousand , from the tribe of Issachar , twelve thousand ,
7:8 from the tribe of Zebulun , twelve thousand , from the tribe of Joseph , twelve thousand , from the tribe of Benjamin , twelve thousand were sealed .
7:9 After these things I looked , and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count , made up of persons from every nation , tribe , people , and language , standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes , and with palm branches in their hands .
7:10 They were shouting out in a loud voice , “Salvation belongs to our God , to the one seated on the throne , and to the Lamb !”
7:11 And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures , and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God ,
7:12 saying , “Amen ! Praise and glory , and wisdom and thanksgiving , and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever . Amen !”
7:13 Then one of the elders asked me , “These dressed in long white robes – who are they and where have they come from ?”
7:14 So I said to him , “My lord , you know the answer.” Then he said to me , “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation . They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb !
7:15 For this reason they are before the throne of God , and they serve him day and night in his temple , and the one seated on the throne will shelter them .
7:16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again , and the sun will not beat down on them , nor any burning heat ,
7:17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water , and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jesus, The Christ |
Tribe |
REVELATION OF JOHN |
Righteous |
Angel |
IMMORTAL; IMMORTALITY |
Throne |
Heaven |
Vision |
Israel |
Persecution |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Seal |
Lamb of God |
Praise |
Reward |
God |
Palm Tree |
ZABULON |
COLOR; COLORS |
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NET Notes: Rev 7:4 Grk “the sons of Israel,” normally an idiom for the Israelites as an ethnic entity (L&N 11.58). However, many scholars understand the ...
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NET Notes: Rev 7:9 Here καί (kai) has not been translated before each of the following categories, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction ...
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NET Notes: Rev 7:11 Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself ...
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NET Notes: Rev 7:13 Grk “spoke” or “declared to,” but in the context “asked” reads more naturally in English.
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NET Notes: Rev 7:14 Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not ...
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NET Notes: Rev 7:15 Grk “will spread his tent over them,” normally an idiom for taking up residence with someone, but when combined with the preposition ̛...
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NET Notes: Rev 7:16 An allusion to Isa 49:10. The phrase “burning heat” is one word in Greek (καῦμα, kauma) that refers to a burning...
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