Revelation 17:5

17:5 On ¹  her forehead was written a name, a mystery: ²  “Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.”

Revelation 20:5

20:5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) ³  This is the first resurrection.

Revelation 21:1

A New Heaven and a New Earth

21:1 Then ⁴  I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, ⁵  and the sea existed no more.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Some translations consider the word μυστήριον (musthrion, “mystery”) a part of the name written (“Mystery Babylon the Great,” so KJV, NIV), but the gender of both ὄνομα (onoma, “name”) and μυστήριον are neuter, while the gender of “Babylon” is feminine. This strongly suggests that μυστήριον should be understood as an appositive to ὄνομα (“a name, i.e., a mystery”).

³ sn This statement appears to be a parenthetical comment by the author.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

⁶ tn For the translation of ἀπέρχομαι (apercomai; here ἀπῆλθαν [aphlqan]) L&N 13.93 has “to go out of existence – ‘to cease to exist, to pass away, to cease.’”