Revelation 1:10

1:10 I was in the Spirit ¹  on the Lord’s Day ²  when ³  I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

Revelation 6:3

6:3 Then ⁴  when the Lamb ⁵  opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”

Revelation 6:7

6:7 Then ⁶  when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!”

Revelation 7:4

7:4 Now ⁷  I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, ⁸  one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all ⁹  the tribes of the people of Israel: ¹⁰ 

Revelation 9:16

9:16 The ¹¹  number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; ¹²  I heard their number.

[1:10]  ¹ tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).

[1:10]  ² tn Concerning the phrase κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ (kuriakh Jhmera) BDAG 576 s.v. κυριακός states: “pert. to belonging to the Lord, the Lord’s…κ. ἡμέρᾳ the Lord’s day (Kephal. I 192, 1; 193, 31…) i.e. certainly Sunday (so in Mod. Gk….) Rv 1:10 (WStott, NTS 12, ’65, 70-75).”

[1:10]  ³ tn The conjunction καί (kai) is not introducing a coordinate thought, but one that is logically subordinate to the main verb ἐγενόμην (egenomhn).

[6:3]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[6:3]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the Lamb) has been specified in the translation for clarity here and throughout the rest of the chapter.

[6:7]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[7:4]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of new but related material.

[7:4]  ¹¹ tn Grk “who were sealed.”

[7:4]  ¹² tn Normally, “every,” but since 144,000 is the total number, “all” is clearer here.

[7:4]  ¹³ tn Grk “the sons of Israel,” normally an idiom for the Israelites as an ethnic entity (L&N 11.58). However, many scholars understand the expression in this context to refer to Christians rather than ethnic Israelites.

[9:16]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:16]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “twenty thousand of ten thousands.”