Revelation 1:10

1:10 I was in the Spirit ¹  on the Lord’s Day ²  when ³  I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

Revelation 8:2

8:2 Then ⁴  I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

Revelation 8:6

8:6 Now ⁵  the seven angels holding ⁶  the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

¹ tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).

² tn Concerning the phrase κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ (kuriakh Jhmera) BDAG 576 s.v. κυριακός states: “pert. to belonging to the Lord, the Lord’s…κ. ἡμέρᾳ the Lord’s day (Kephal. I 192, 1; 193, 31…) i.e. certainly Sunday (so in Mod. Gk….) Rv 1:10 (WStott, NTS 12, ’65, 70-75).”

³ tn The conjunction καί (kai) is not introducing a coordinate thought, but one that is logically subordinate to the main verb ἐγενόμην (egenomhn).

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

⁸ tn Grk “having.”