Revelation 1:14

1:14 His ¹  head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, ²  and his eyes were like a fiery ³  flame.

Revelation 2:16

2:16 Therefore, ⁴  repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people ⁵  with the sword of my mouth.

Revelation 19:12

19:12 His eyes are like a fiery ⁶  flame and there are many diadem crowns ⁷  on his head. He has ⁸  a name written ⁹  that no one knows except himself.

Revelation 2:5

2:5 Therefore, remember from what high state ¹⁰  you have fallen and repent! Do ¹¹  the deeds you did at the first; ¹²  if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place – that is, if you do not repent. ¹³ 

Revelation 2:24

2:24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching ¹⁴  (who have not learned the so-called “deep secrets ¹⁵  of Satan”), to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you.

Revelation 10:2

10:2 He held ¹⁶  in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.

Revelation 21:8

21:8 But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, ¹⁷  idol worshipers, ¹⁸  and all those who lie, their place ¹⁹  will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. ²⁰  That ²¹  is the second death.”

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn The clause, “even as white as snow” seems to heighten the preceding clause and is so understood in this ascensive sense (“even”) in the translation.

³ tn The genitive noun πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

⁴ tc The “therefore” (οὖν, oun) is not found in א 2053 2329 2351 Ï^A or the Latin mss. It is, however, included in impressive witnesses such as {A C 046 1006 1611 sy^p,h co}. Though the conjunction looks at first glance like a scribal clarification, its omission may be explained on the basis of its similarity to the last three letters of the verb “repent” (μετανόησον, metanohson; since οὖν is a postpositive conjunction in Greek, the final three letters of the verb [-σον, -son] would have been immediately followed by ουν). A scribe could have simply passed over the conjunction in his copy when he saw the last three letters of the imperative verb. A decision is difficult, however, because of the motivation to add to the text and the quality of witnesses that lack the conjunction.

⁵ tn Grk “with them”; the referent (those people who follow the teaching of Balaam and the Nicolaitans) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn The genitive noun πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive (see also Rev 1:14).

⁸ tn For the translation of διάδημα (diadhma) as “diadem crown” see L&N 6.196.

⁹ tn Grk “head, having.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁰ tn Although many translations supply a prepositional phrase to specify what the name was written on (“upon Him,” NASB; “on him,” NIV), there is no location for the name specified in the Greek text.

¹⁰ tn Grk “from where,” but status is in view rather than physical position. On this term BDAG 838 s.v. πόθεν 1 states, “from what place? from where?…In imagery μνημόνευε πόθεν πέπτωκες remember from what (state) you have fallen Rv 2:5.”

¹¹ tn Grk “and do” (a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text). For stylistic reasons in English a new sentence was started here in the translation. The repeated mention of repenting at the end of the verse suggests that the intervening material (“do the deeds you did at first”) specifies how the repentance is to be demonstrated.

¹² tn Or “you did formerly.”

¹³ tn Although the final clause is somewhat awkward, it is typical of the style of Revelation.

¹³ sn That is, the teaching of Jezebel (v. 20).

¹⁴ tn Grk “deep things.” For the translation “deep secrets” see L&N 28.76; cf. NAB, NIV, CEV.

¹⁶ tn Grk “and having.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he.”

¹⁹ tn On the term φαρμακεία (farmakeia, “magic spells”) see L&N 53.100: “the use of magic, often involving drugs and the casting of spells upon people – ‘to practice magic, to cast spells upon, to engage in sorcery, magic, sorcery.’ φαρμακεία: ἐν τῇ φαρμακείᾳ σου ἐπλανήθησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ‘with your magic spells you deceived all the peoples (of the world)’ Re 18:23.”

²⁰ tn Grk “idolaters.”

²¹ tn Grk “their share.”

²² tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”

²³ tn Grk “sulfur, which is.” The relative pronoun has been translated as “that” to indicate its connection to the previous clause. The nearest logical antecedent is “the lake [that burns with fire and sulfur],” although “lake” (λίμνη, limnh) is feminine gender, while the pronoun “which” (ὅ, Jo) is neuter gender. This means that (1) the proper antecedent could be “their place” (Grk “their share,”) agreeing with the relative pronoun in number and gender, or (2) the neuter pronoun still has as its antecedent the feminine noun “lake,” since agreement in gender between pronoun and antecedent was not always maintained, with an explanatory phrase occurring with a neuter pronoun regardless of the case of the antecedent. In favor of the latter explanation is Rev 20:14, where the phrase “the lake of fire” is in apposition to the phrase “the second death.”