5:11 Then 1 I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their 2 number was ten thousand times ten thousand 3 – thousands times thousands –
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
2 tn Grk “elders, and the number of them was.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
3 tn Or “myriads of myriads.” Although μυριάς (murias) literally means “10,000,” the point of the combination here may simply be to indicate an incalculably huge number. See L&N 60.9.
4 tn Or “mislead.”
5 sn The battle with Gog and Magog is described in the OT in Ezek 38:1-39:20.
6 tn Grk “of whom the number of them [is] like the sand of the sea” (an allusion to Isa 10:22).