Revelation 7:13

7:13 Then ¹  one of the elders asked ²  me, “These dressed in long white robes – who are they and where have they come from?”

Revelation 22:14

22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access ³  to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.

Revelation 7:9

7:9 After these things I looked, and here was ⁴  an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, ⁵  people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

Revelation 7:14

7:14 So ⁶  I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” ⁷  Then ⁸  he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They ⁹  have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

² tn Grk “spoke” or “declared to,” but in the context “asked” reads more naturally in English.

³ tn Grk “so that there will be to them authority over the tree of life.”

⁵ tn The phrase “and here was” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated before each of the following categories, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the previous question.

⁸ tn Though the expression “the answer” is not in the Greek text, it is clearly implied. Direct objects in Greek were frequently omitted when clear from the context.

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹⁰ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.