Revelation 5:14

5:14 And the four living creatures were saying “Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground ¹  and worshiped.

Revelation 7:13

7:13 Then ²  one of the elders asked ³  me, “These dressed in long white robes – who are they and where have they come from?”

Revelation 9:13

9:13 Then ⁴  the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the ⁵  horns on the golden altar that is before God,

Revelation 9:16

9:16 The ⁶  number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; ⁷  I heard their number.

Revelation 14:12

14:12 This requires ⁸  the steadfast endurance ⁹  of the saints – those who obey ¹⁰  God’s commandments and hold to ¹¹  their faith in Jesus. ¹² 

Revelation 21:25

21:25 Its gates will never be closed during the day ¹³  (and ¹⁴  there will be no night there). ¹⁵ 

Revelation 22:7

22:7 (Look! I am coming soon!

Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.) ¹⁶ 

¹ tn Grk “fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

³ tn Grk “spoke” or “declared to,” but in the context “asked” reads more naturally in English.

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

⁴ tc ‡ Several key mss (Ì⁴⁷ א¹ A 0207 1611 2053 2344 pc lat sy^h co) lack the word τεσσάρων (tessarwn, “four”) before κεράτων (keratwn, “horns”). The word seems to have been added by scribes because a “horned” altar (described in the OT [Exod 30:2, 10]) could have only four “horns” or projections at the corners. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁵ tn Grk “twenty thousand of ten thousands.”

⁵ tn Grk “Here is.”

⁶ tn Or “the perseverance.”

⁷ tn Grk “who keep.”

⁸ tn The words “hold to” are implied as a repetition of the participle translated “keep” (οἱ τηροῦντες, Joi throunte").

⁹ tn Grk “faith of Jesus.” The construction may mean either “faith in Jesus” or “faithful to Jesus.” Either translation implies that ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou) is to be taken as an objective genitive; the difference is more lexical than grammatical because πίστις (pistis) can mean either “faith” or “faithfulness.”

⁶ tn On the translation “during the day” see BDAG 436 s.v. ἡμέρα 1.a, “But also, as in Thu. et al., of time within which someth. occurs, ἡμέρας during the day Rv 21:25.”

⁷ tn The Greek connective γάρ (gar) most often expresses some sort of causal connection. However, in this context there is no causal force to the second phrase; γάρ simply expresses continuation or connection. Because of this it has been translated as “and.” See BDAG 189-90 s.v. 2.

⁸ tn The clause has virtually the force of a parenthetical comment.

⁷ sn These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator.