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 6:4

6:4 And another horse, fiery red, ³  came out, and the one who rode it ⁴  was granted permission ⁵  to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher ⁶  one another, and he was given a huge sword.

Revelation 13:12

13:12 He ⁷  exercised all the ruling authority ⁸  of the first beast on his behalf, ⁹  and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed.

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 L&N 79.31 states, “‘fiery red’ (probably with a tinge of yellow or orange).”

⁴ tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”

⁵ tn The word “permission” is implied; Grk “it was given to him to take peace from the earth.”

⁶ tn BDAG 979 s.v. σφάζω states, “Of the killing of a person by violence…σφάζειν τινά butcher or murder someone (4 Km 10:7; Jer 52:10; Manetho: 609 fgm. 8, 76 Jac. [in Jos., C. Ap. 1, 76]; Demetr.[?]: 722 fgm. 7; Ar. 10, 9) 1J 3:12; Rv 6:4. Pass. (Hdt. 5, 5) 5:9; 6:9; 18:24.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁶ tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

⁷ tn For this meaning see BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνώπιον 4.b, “by the authority of, on behalf of Rv 13:12, 14; 19:20.”