Revelation 1:7

1:7 (Look! He is returning with the clouds,¹

and every eye will see him,

even² those who pierced him,³

and all the tribes⁴ on the earth will mourn because⁵ of him.

This will certainly come to pass!⁶ Amen.)⁷

Revelation 3:21

3:21 I will grant the one⁸ who conquers⁹ permission¹⁰ to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered¹¹ and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 7:1

The Sealing of the 144,000

7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.

Revelation 11:11

11:11 But¹² after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized¹³ those who were watching them.

Revelation 12:7

War in Heaven

12:7 Then¹⁴ war broke out in heaven: Michael¹⁵ and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

Revelation 12:17

12:17 So¹⁶ the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children,¹⁷ those who keep¹⁸ God’s commandments and hold to¹⁹ the testimony about Jesus.²⁰ (12:18) And the dragon²¹ stood²² on the sand²³ of the seashore.²⁴

Revelation 14:4

14:4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves²⁵ with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,

Revelation 17:12

17:12 The²⁶ ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive ruling authority²⁷ as kings with the beast for one hour.

Revelation 17:14

17:14 They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying²⁸ the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.”

Revelation 20:3

20:3 The angel²⁹ then³⁰ threw him into the abyss and locked³¹ and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

Revelation 21:3

21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Look! The residence³² of God is among human beings.³³ He³⁴ will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.³⁵

¹sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.

²tn Here καί (kai) was translated as ascensive.

³sn An allusion to Zech 12:10.

⁴tn In this context, tribes (φυλαί, fulai) could also be translated as “nations” or “peoples” (L&N 11.56).

⁵tn The conjunction ἐπί (epi) is most likely causal here. The people who crucified him are those of every tribe on the earth and they will mourn because he comes as judge.

⁶tn Grk “Yes, Amen.” The expression “This will certainly come to pass” is an attempt to capture the force of the juxtaposition of the Greek ναί (nai) and the Hebrew ἀμήν (amhn). See L&N 69.1.

⁷sn These lines are placed in parentheses because they form an aside to the main argument.

⁸tn Grk “The one who conquers, to him I will grant.”

⁹tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

¹⁰tn Grk “I will give [grant] to him.”

¹¹tn Or “have been victorious”; traditionally, “have overcome.”

¹⁵tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

¹⁶tn Grk “fell upon.”

²²tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

²³sn The archangel Michael had a special role in protecting the nation of Israel in the OT (Dan 10:13, 21; 12:1; see also Jude 9).

²⁹tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the woman’s escape.

³⁰tn Grk “her seed” (an idiom for offspring, children, or descendants).

³¹tn Or “who obey.”

³²tn Grk “and having.”

³³tn Grk “the testimony of Jesus,” which may involve a subjective genitive (“Jesus’ testimony”) or, more likely, an objective genitive (“testimony about Jesus”).

³⁴tn Grk “he”; the referent (the dragon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³⁵tc Grk ἐστάθη (estaqh, “he stood”). The reading followed by the translation is attested by the better mss (Ì⁴⁷ א A C 1854 2344 2351 pc lat sy^h) while the majority of mss (051 Ï vg^mss sy^ph co) have the reading ἐστάθην (estaqhn, “I stood”). Thus, the majority of mss make the narrator, rather than the dragon of 12:17, the subject of the verb. The first person reading is most likely an assimilation to the following verb in 13:1, “I saw.” The reading “I stood” was introduced either by accident or to produce a smoother flow, giving the narrator a vantage point on the sea’s edge from which to observe the beast rising out of the sea in 13:1. But almost everywhere else in the book, the phrase καὶ εἶδον (kai eidon, “and I saw”) marks a transition to a new vision, without reference to the narrator’s activity. On both external and internal grounds, it is best to adopt the third person reading, “he stood.”

³⁶tn Or “sandy beach” (L&N 1.64).

³⁷sn The standard critical texts of the Greek NT, NA²⁷ and UBS⁴, both include this sentence as 12:18, as do the RSV and NRSV. Other modern translations like the NASB and NIV include the sentence at the beginning of 13:1; in these versions chap. 12 has only 17 verses.

³⁶tn The aorist passive verb is rendered as a reflexive (“defiled themselves”) by BDAG 657 s.v. μολύνω 2.

⁴³tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁴⁴tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

⁵⁰tn See BDAG 636 s.v. μετά A.2.a.α.

⁵⁷tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel introduced in v. 1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵⁸tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

⁵⁹tn Or “and shut.” While the lexical force of the term is closer to “shut,” it is acceptable to render the verb ἔκλεισεν (ekleisen) as “locked” here in view of the mention of the key in the previous verse.

⁶⁴tn Or “dwelling place”; traditionally, “tabernacle”; literally “tent.”

⁶⁵tn Or “people”; Grk “men” (ἀνθρώπων, anqrwpwn), a generic use of the term. In the translation “human beings” was used here because “people” occurs later in the verse and translates a different Greek word (λαοί, laoi).

⁶⁶tn Grk “men, and he.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁶⁷tc ‡ Most mss (א Ï^K) do not add the words “[as] their God” (αὐτῶν θεός, autwn qeos) after “he will be with them.” The mss with these words include A 2030 2050 2329 al. The Andreas group (Ï^A) also has the words, but in a different arrangement with the preceding (ἔσται μετ᾿ αὐτῶν θεὸς αὐτῶν, estai met’ autwn qeo" autwn). Not only do the words float, but scribes may have been motivated to make a connection here more directly with Isa 7:14; 8:8; Jer 24:7; 31:33; Zech 8:8. In light of sufficient external evidence as well as the possibility that the longer reading is theologically motivated, the shorter reading is preferred. NA²⁷ places the words in brackets, indicating doubts as to their authenticity.