Revelation 1:3

1:3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this ¹  prophecy aloud, ²  and blessed are ³  those who hear and obey ⁴  the things written in it, because the time is near! ⁵ 

Revelation 4:10

4:10 the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground ⁶  before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns ⁷  before his ⁸  throne, saying:

Revelation 5:8

5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground ⁹  before the Lamb. Each ¹⁰  of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). ¹¹ 

Revelation 11:10

11:10 And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

Revelation 18:8

18:8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues ¹²  in a single day: disease, ¹³  mourning, ¹⁴  and famine, and she will be burned down ¹⁵  with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”

¹ tn The word “this” is used to translate the Greek article τῆς (ths), bringing out its demonstrative force.

² tn The word “aloud” has been supplied to indicate that in the original historical setting reading would usually refer to reading out loud in public rather than silently to oneself.

³ tn The words “blessed are” are repeated from the beginning of this verse for stylistic reasons and for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “keep.” L&N 36.19 has “to continue to obey orders or commandments – ‘to obey, to keep commandments, obedience.’”

⁵ sn The time refers to the time when the things prophesied would happen.

⁶ tn Grk “the twenty-four elders fall down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

⁷ sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.

⁸ tn The pronoun “his” is understood from the demonstrative force of the article τοῦ (tou) before θρόνου (qronou).

¹¹ tn Grk “fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

¹² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹³ sn This interpretive comment by the author forms a parenthesis in the narrative.

¹⁶ tn Grk “For this reason, her plagues will come.”

¹⁷ 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).

¹⁸ tn This is the same Greek word (πένθος, penqo") translated “grief” in vv. 7-8.

¹⁹ tn Here “burned down” was used to translate κατακαυθήσεται (katakauqhsetai) because a city is in view.