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 

Revelation 2:23

2:23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers ³  with a deadly disease, ⁴  and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay ⁵  each one of you ⁶  what your deeds deserve. ⁷ 

Revelation 12:11

12:11 But ⁸  they overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony,

and they did not love their lives ⁹  so much that they were afraid to die.

Revelation 13:12

13:12 He ¹⁰  exercised all the ruling authority ¹¹  of the first beast on his behalf, ¹²  and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed.

Revelation 18:8

18:8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues ¹³  in a single day: disease, ¹⁴  mourning, ¹⁵  and famine, and she will be burned down ¹⁶  with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”

Revelation 20:13

20:13 The ¹⁷  sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death ¹⁸  and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

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 Grk “her children,” but in this context a reference to this woman’s followers or disciples is more likely meant.

⁴ tn Grk “I will kill with death.” θάνατος (qanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).

⁵ tn Grk “I will give.” The sense of δίδωμι (didwmi) in this context is more “repay” than “give.”

⁶ sn This pronoun and the following one are plural in the Greek text.

⁷ tn Grk “each one of you according to your works.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

⁶ sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁸ tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

⁹ 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.”

⁹ tn Grk “For this reason, her plagues will come.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “death.” θάνατος (qanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).

¹¹ tn This is the same Greek word (πένθος, penqo") translated “grief” in vv. 7-8.

¹² tn Here “burned down” was used to translate κατακαυθήσεται (katakauqhsetai) because a city is in view.

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹² sn Here Death is personified (cf. 1 Cor 15:55).