22:7 (Look! I am coming soon!
Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.) 1
22:12 (Look! I am coming soon,
and my reward is with me to pay 3 each one according to what he has done!
1 sn These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator.
2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
3 tn The Greek term may be translated either “pay” or “pay back” and has something of a double meaning here. However, because of the mention of “wages” (“reward,” another wordplay with two meanings) in the previous clause, the translation “pay” for ἀποδοῦναι (apodounai) was used here.