Revelation 13:7

13:7 The beast ¹  was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. ²  He was given ruling authority ³  over every tribe, people, ⁴  language, and nation,

Revelation 22:3

22:3 And there will no longer be any curse, ⁵  and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. ⁶  His ⁷  servants ⁸  will worship ⁹  him,

Revelation 22:15

22:15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers ¹⁰  and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood! ¹¹ 

¹ tn Grk “and it was given to him to go to war.” Here the passive construction has been simplified, the referent (the beast) has been specified for clarity, and καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tc Many mss omit the phrase “it was given to make war with the saints and to overcome them” (Ì⁴⁷ A C 2053 Ï^A sa). It is, however, found in Ì^115vid א 051 1006 (1611) 1841 (1854) 2329 2344 2351 (Ï^K) lat sy^ph,(h) bo. Although the ms evidence is somewhat in favor of the shorter reading, the support of ̹¹⁵ (a recently-discovered ms) for the longer reading balances things out. Normally, the shorter reading should be given preference. However, in an instance in which homoioteleuton could play a role, caution must be exercised. In this passage, accidental omission is quite likely. That this could have happened seems apparent from the two occurrences of the identical phrase “and it was given to him” (καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ, kai edoqh autw) in v. 7. The scribe’s eye skipped over the first καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ and went to the second, hence creating an accidental omission of eleven words.

³ tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

⁴ tn Grk “and people,” but καί (kai) has not been translated here or before the following term since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

⁵ tn Or “be anything accursed” (L&N 33.474).

⁶ tn Grk “in it”; the referent (the city, the new Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “city, and his.” Although this is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, a new sentence was started here in the translation because of the introduction of the Lamb’s followers.

⁸ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

⁹ tn Or “will serve.”

⁹ tn On the term φάρμακοι (farmakoi) see L&N 53.101.

¹⁰ tn Or “lying,” “deceit.”