Revelation 3:5

3:5 The one who conquers¹ will be dressed like them² in white clothing,³ and I will never⁴ erase⁵ his name from the book of life, but⁶ will declare⁷ his name before my Father and before his angels.

Revelation 3:18

3:18 take my advice⁸ and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me⁹ white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness¹⁰ will not be exposed, and buy eye salve¹¹ to put on your eyes so you can see!

Revelation 4:4

4:4 In¹² a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were¹³ dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns¹⁴ on their heads.

Revelation 10:1

The Angel with the Little Scroll

10:1 Then¹⁵ I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped¹⁶ in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire.¹⁷

Revelation 12:1

The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon

12:1 Then¹⁸ a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.¹⁹

Revelation 17:4

17:4 Now²⁰ the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing,²¹ and adorned with gold,²² precious stones, and pearls. She held²³ in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality.²⁴

¹tn Or “who overcomes.”

²tn Grk “thus.”

³tn Or “white robes.”

⁴tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh), the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek.

⁵tn Or “will never wipe out.”

⁶tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁷tn Grk “will confess.”

⁸tn Grk “I counsel you to buy.”

⁹tn Grk “rich, and.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation, repeating the words “Buy from me” to make the connection clear for the English reader.

¹⁰tn Grk “the shame of the nakedness of you,” which has been translated as an attributed genitive like καινότητι ζωῆς (kainothti zwh") in Rom 6:4 (ExSyn 89-90).

¹¹sn The city of Laodicea had a famous medical school and exported a powder (called a “Phrygian powder”) that was widely used as an eye salve. It was applied to the eyes in the form of a paste the consistency of dough (the Greek term for the salve here, κολλούριον, kollourion [Latin collyrium], is a diminutive form of the word for a long roll of bread).

¹⁵tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁶tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were” to indicate the connection to the preceding material.

¹⁷sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.

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

²³tn Or “clothed.”

²⁴tn Or “like fiery pillars,” translating πυρός (puros) as an attributive genitive.

²⁹tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

³⁰sn Sun…moon…stars. This imagery is frequently identified with the nation Israel because of Joseph’s dream in Gen 37.

³⁶tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the detailed description of the woman, which is somewhat parenthetical in nature.

³⁷tn The word “clothing” is supplied to clarify that the words “purple” and “scarlet” refer to cloth or garments rather than colors.

³⁸tn Grk “gilded with gold” (an instance of semantic reinforcement, see L&N 49.29).

³⁹tn Grk “pearls, having in her hand.” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁴⁰tc Several mss (including 1611 1854 2053 Ï^K pc) read “sexual immorality on/of the earth” (πορνείας τῆς γῆς, porneia" th" gh") instead of “her sexual immorality.” Other mss (א sy^h** [co]) read “her sexual immorality and the earth’s” (πορνείας αὐτῆς καὶ τῆς γῆς, porneia" aujth" kai th" gh"). The translation is a rendering of πορνείας αὐτῆς, found in {A 1006 2344 al}. It seems that the first reading “sexuality immorality on/of the earth” was a scribal mistake in which letters may have been confused (auths would have been read as thsghs), or was perhaps influenced by the presence of “of the world” (τῆς γῆς) at the end of v. 5. The original wording seems to be “her sexual immorality”; codex א has conflated the two readings.