Revelation 1:18

1:18 and the one who lives! I ¹  was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades! ² 

The Song of Songs 8:14

The Beloved to Her Lover:

8:14 Make haste, my beloved!

Be like a gazelle or a young stag

on the mountains of spices.

Isaiah 25:9

25:9 At that time they will say, ³ 

“Look, here ⁴  is our God!

We waited for him and he delivered us.

Here ⁵  is the Lord! We waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

John 21:25

21:25 There are many other things that Jesus did. If every one of them were written down, ⁶  I suppose the whole world ⁷  would not have room for the books that would be written. ⁸ 

John 21:2

21:2 Simon Peter, Thomas ⁹  (called Didymus), ¹⁰  Nathanael ¹¹  (who was from Cana ¹²  in Galilee), the sons ¹³  of Zebedee, ¹⁴  and two other disciples ¹⁵  of his were together.

John 4:8

4:8 (For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies. ¹⁶ ) ¹⁷ 

Hebrews 9:28

9:28 so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, ¹⁸  to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin ¹⁹  but to bring salvation. ²⁰ 

Hebrews 9:2

9:2 For a tent was prepared, the outer one, ²¹  which contained ²²  the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this ²³  is called the holy place.

Hebrews 3:12-14

3:12 See to it, ²⁴  brothers and sisters, ²⁵  that none of you has ²⁶  an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes ²⁷  the living God. ²⁸  3:13 But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception. 3:14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence ²⁹  firm until the end.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Concerning “Hades” BDAG 19 s.v. ᾅδης 1 and 2 states: “Orig. proper noun, god of the nether world, ‘Hades’, then the nether world, Hades as place of the dead, Ac 2:27, 31 (Ps 15:10; Eccl 9:10; PGM 1, 179; 16, 8; Philo, Mos. 1, 195; Jos., Bell. 1, 596, Ant. 6, 332). Of Jonah’s fish ἐκ τοῦ κατωτάτου ᾅδου. In the depths, contrasted w. heaven ἕως (τοῦ) ᾅδου Mt 11:23; Lk 10:15 (PsSol 15:10; cp.; Is 14:11, 15); ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ 16:23; ἐν ῝Αιδου ApcPt Rainer. Accessible by gates (but the pl. is also used [e.g. Hom., X., Ael. Aristid. 47, 20 K.=23 p. 450 D.] when only one gate is meant), hence πύλαι ᾅδου (Il. 5, 646; Is 38:10; Wsd 16:13; 3 Macc 5:51; Pss. Sol. 16:2. – Lucian, Menipp. 6 the magicians can open τοῦ ῝Αιδου τὰς πύλας and conduct people in and out safely) Mt 16:18…locked ἔχω τὰς κλεῖς τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ᾅδου Rv 1:18 (the genitives are either obj. [Ps.-Apollod. 3, 12, 6, 10 Aeacus, the son of Zeus holds the κλεῖς τοῦ ῝Αιδου; SEG VIII, 574, 3 (III ad) τῷ τὰς κλεῖδας ἔχοντι τῶν καθ᾿ ῝Αιδου (restored)] or possess.; in the latter case death and Hades are personif.; s. 2)…Hades personif.…w. θάνατος (cp. Is 28:15; Job 38:17…) Rv 6:8; 20:13f.”

³ tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”

⁴ tn Heb “this [one].”

⁵ tn Heb “this [one].”

⁶ tn Grk “written”; the word “down” is supplied in keeping with contemporary English idiom.

⁷ tn Grk “the world itself.”

⁸ tc Although the majority of mss (C² Θ Ψ Ë¹³ Ï lat) conclude this Gospel with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”), such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, excellent and early witnesses, as well as a few others (א A B C*^,3 D W 1 33 pc it), lack the particle, rendering no doubt as to how this Gospel originally ended.

⁹ tn Grk “and Thomas.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

¹⁰ sn Didymus means “the twin” in Greek.

¹¹ tn Grk “and Nathanael.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

¹² map For location see Map1-C3; Map2-D2; Map3-C5.

¹³ tn Grk “and the sons.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

¹⁴ sn The sons of Zebedee were James and John.

¹⁵ sn The two other disciples who are not named may have been Andrew and Philip, who are mentioned together in John 6:7-8 and 12:22.

¹⁶ tn Grk “buy food.”

¹⁷ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author, indicating why Jesus asked the woman for a drink (for presumably his disciples also took the water bucket with them).

¹⁸ sn An allusion to Isa 53:12.

¹⁹ tn Grk “without sin,” but in context this does not refer to Christ’s sinlessness (as in Heb 4:15) but to the fact that sin is already dealt with by his first coming.

²⁰ tn Grk “for salvation.” This may be construed with the verb “await” (those who wait for him to bring them salvation), but the connection with “appear” (as in the translation) is more likely.

²¹ tn Grk “the first,” in order of approach in the ritual.

²² tn Grk “in which [were].”

²³ tn Grk “which,” describing the outer tent.

²⁴ tn Or “take care.”

²⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

²⁶ tn Grk “that there not be in any of you.”

²⁷ tn Or “deserts,” “rebels against.”

²⁸ tn Grk “in forsaking the living God.”

²⁹ tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”