Revelation 1:16

1:16 He held ¹  seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His ²  face shone like the sun shining at full strength.

Revelation 1:20

1:20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: ³  The seven stars are the angels ⁴  of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 8:10-12

8:10 Then ⁵  the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; ⁶  it landed ⁷  on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 8:11 (Now ⁸  the name of the star is ⁹  Wormwood.) ¹⁰  So ¹¹  a third of the waters became wormwood, ¹²  and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned. ¹³ 

8:12 Then ¹⁴  the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day ¹⁵  and for a third of the night likewise.

Revelation 12:1

The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon

12:1 Then ¹⁶  a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. ¹⁷ 

John 5:35

5:35 He was a lamp that was burning and shining, ¹⁸  and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time ¹⁹  in his light.

¹ tn Grk “and having.” In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but because contemporary English style employs much shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he.”

² tn This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.

³ tn The words “is this” are supplied to make a complete sentence in English.

⁴ tn Or perhaps “the messengers.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

⁶ tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

⁷ tn Grk “fell.”

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” in keeping with the parenthetical nature of this remark.

⁹ tn Grk “is called,” but this is somewhat redundant in contemporary English.

¹⁰ sn Wormwood refers to a particularly bitter herb with medicinal value. According to L&N 3.21, “The English term wormwood is derived from the use of the plant as a medicine to kill intestinal worms.” This remark about the star’s name is parenthetical in nature.

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the star falling on the waters.

¹² tn That is, terribly bitter (see the note on “Wormwood” earlier in this verse).

¹³ tn Grk “and many of the men died from these waters because they were bitter.”

¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹⁵ tn Grk “the day did not shine [with respect to] the third of it.”

¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

¹⁷ sn Sun…moon…stars. This imagery is frequently identified with the nation Israel because of Joseph’s dream in Gen 37.

¹⁸ sn He was a lamp that was burning and shining. Sir 48:1 states that the word of Elijah was “a flame like a torch.” Because of the connection of John the Baptist with Elijah (see John 1:21 and the note on John’s reply, “I am not”), it was natural for Jesus to apply this description to John.

¹⁹ tn Grk “for an hour.”