16:4 Then 1 the third angel 2 poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.
8:10 Then 3 the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; 4 it landed 5 on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
14:9 A 6 third angel 7 followed the first two, 8 declaring 9 in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand,
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
2 tn Grk “the third”; the referent (the third angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
4 tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
5 tn Grk “fell.”
5 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
6 tn Grk “And another angel, a third.”
7 tn Grk “followed them.”
8 tn For the translation of λέγω (legw) as “declare,” see BDAG 590 s.v. 2.e.
7 tn The perfect participle here has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect.
8 sn Agate (also called chalcedony) is a semiprecious stone usually milky or gray in color (L&N 2.32).