Revelation 1:17

1:17 When ¹  I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but ²  he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,

Revelation 7:11

7:11 And all the angels stood ³  there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground ⁴  before the throne and worshiped God,

Revelation 20:9

20:9 They ⁵  went up ⁶  on the broad plain of the earth ⁷  and encircled ⁸  the camp ⁹  of the saints and the beloved city, but ¹⁰  fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely. ¹¹ 

Revelation 22:8

22:8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, ¹²  and when I heard and saw them, ¹³  I threw myself down ¹⁴  to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me.

[1:17]  ¹ tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[1:17]  ² tn Here the Greek conjunction καί (kai) has been translated as a contrastive (“but”) due to the contrast between the two clauses.

[7:11]  ³ tn The verb is pluperfect, but the force is simple past. See ExSyn 586.

[7:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” 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.”

[20:9]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:9]  ⁶ tn The shift here to past tense reflects the Greek text.

[20:9]  ⁷ tn On the phrase “broad plain of the earth” BDAG 823 s.v. πλάτος states, “τὸ πλάτος τῆς γῆς Rv 20:9 comes fr. the OT (Da 12:2 LXX. Cp. Hab 1:6; Sir 1:3), but the sense is not clear: breadth = the broad plain of the earth is perh. meant to provide room for the countless enemies of God vs. 8, but the ‘going up’ is better suited to Satan (vs. 7) who has recently been freed, and who comes up again fr. the abyss (vs. 3).” The referent here thus appears to be a plain large enough to accommodate the numberless hoards that have drawn up for battle against the Lord Christ and his saints.

[20:9]  ⁸ tn Or “surrounded.”

[20:9]  ⁹ tn On the term παρεμβολή (parembolh) BDAG 775 s.v. states, “Mostly used as a military t.t.…so always in our lit.…1. a (fortified) camp…ἡ παρεμβολὴ τῶν ἁγίων Rv 20:9 is also to be understood fr. the OT use of the word.”

[20:9]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[20:9]  ¹¹ tn See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesqiw) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”

[22:8]  ⁷ tn Or “I am John, the one who heard and saw these things.”

[22:8]  ⁸ tn The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[22:8]  ⁹ tn Grk “I fell down and worshiped at the feet.” 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.”