Revelation 1:16

1:16 He held ¹  seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His ²  face shone like the sun shining at full strength.

Revelation 9:2

9:2 He ³  opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it ⁴  like smoke from a giant furnace. The ⁵  sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

Revelation 9:5

9:5 The locusts ⁶  were not given permission ⁷  to kill ⁸  them, but only to torture ⁹  them ¹⁰  for five months, and their torture was like that ¹¹  of a scorpion when it stings a person. ¹² 

Revelation 13:4

13:4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority ¹³  to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to make war against him?” ¹⁴ 

Revelation 14:14

14:14 Then ¹⁵  I looked, and a white cloud appeared, ¹⁶  and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! ¹⁷  He had ¹⁸  a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Revelation 18:21

18:21 Then ¹⁹  one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,

“With this kind of sudden violent force ²⁰ 

Babylon the great city will be thrown down ²¹ 

and it will never be found again!

[1:16]  ¹ tn Grk “and having.” In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but because contemporary English style employs much shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he.”

[1:16]  ² tn This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[9:2]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “the shaft,” but since this would be somewhat redundant in English, the pronoun “it” is used here.

[9:2]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “It was not permitted to them”; the referent (the locusts) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:5]  ⁶ tn The word “permission” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[9:5]  ⁷ tn The two ἵνα (Jina) clauses of 9:5 are understood to be functioning as epexegetical or complementary clauses related to ἐδόθη (edoqh).

[9:5]  ⁸ tn On this term BDAG 168 s.v. βασανισμός states, “1. infliction of severe suffering or pain associated with torture or torment, tormenting, torture Rv 9:5b. – 2. the severe pain experienced through torture, torment vs. 5a; 14:11; 18:10, 15; (w. πένθος) vs. 7.”

[9:5]  ⁹ tn The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text but is picked up from the previous clause.

[9:5]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “like the torture,” but this is redundant in contemporary English.

[9:5]  ¹¹ tn Grk “a man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in an individualized sense without being limited to the male gender.

[13:4]  ⁷ tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

[13:4]  ⁸ tn On the use of the masculine pronoun to refer to the beast, see the note on the word “It” in 13:1.

[14:14]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[14:14]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and behold, a white cloud.”

[14:14]  ¹¹ tn This phrase constitutes an allusion to Dan 7:13. Concerning υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (Juio" tou anqrwpou), BDAG 1026 s.v. υἱός 2.d.γ says: “ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου lit. ‘the son of the man’…‘the human being, the human one, the man’…On Israelite thought contemporary w. Jesus and alleged knowledge of a heavenly being looked upon as a ‘Son of Man’ or ‘Man’, who exercises Messianic functions such as judging the world (metaph., pictorial passages in En 46-48; 4 Esdr 13:3, 51f)…Outside the gospels: Ac 7:56…Rv 1:13; 14:14 (both after Da 7:13…).” The term “son” here in this expression is anarthrous and as such lacks specificity. Some commentators and translations take the expression as an allusion to Daniel 7:13 and not to “the son of man” found in gospel traditions (e.g., Mark 8:31; 9:12; cf. D. E. Aune, Revelation [WBC], 2:800-801; cf. also NIV). Other commentators and versions, however, take the phrase “son of man” as definite, involving allusions to Dan 7:13 and “the son of man” gospel traditions (see G. K. Beale, Revelation [NIGTC], 771-72; NRSV).

[14:14]  ¹² tn Grk “like a son of man, having.” In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence.

[18:21]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[18:21]  ¹² tn On ὅρμημα ({ormhma) BDAG 724 s.v. states, “violent rush, onset ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλών Babylon will be thrown down with violence Rv 18:21.” L&N 68.82 refers to the suddenness of the force or violence.

[18:21]  ¹³ sn Thrown down is a play on both the words and the action. The angel’s action with the stone illustrates the kind of sudden violent force with which the city will be overthrown.