Revelation 1:15

1:15 His feet were like polished bronze ¹  refined ²  in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar ³  of many waters.

Revelation 2:21

2:21 I ⁴  have given her time to repent, but ⁵  she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality.

Revelation 18:5

18:5 because her sins have piled ⁶  up all the way to heaven ⁷  and God has remembered ⁸  her crimes. ⁹ 

Revelation 21:7

21:7 The one who conquers ¹⁰  will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

[1:15]  ¹ tn The precise meaning of the term translated “polished bronze” (χαλκολιβάνῳ, calkolibanw), which appears nowhere else in Greek literature outside of the book of Revelation (see 2:18), is uncertain. Without question it is some sort of metal. BDAG 1076 s.v. χαλκολίβανον suggests “fine brass/bronze.” L&N 2.57 takes the word to refer to particularly valuable or fine bronze, but notes that the emphasis here and in Rev 2:18 is more on the lustrous quality of the metal.

[1:15]  ² tn Or “that has been heated in a furnace until it glows.”

[1:15]  ³ tn Grk “sound,” but the idea is closer to the roar of a waterfall or rapids.

[2:21]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and contemporary English style.

[2:21]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to bring out the contrast present in this woman’s obstinate refusal to repent.

[18:5]  ⁷ tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollhqhsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”

[18:5]  ⁸ tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[18:5]  ⁹ tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.

[18:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “her sins.”

[21:7]  ¹⁰ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”