Revelation 1:2

1:2 who then ¹  testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about ²  Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1:9

1:9 I, John, your brother and the one who shares ³  with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that ⁴  are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus. ⁵ 

Revelation 3:10

3:10 Because you have kept ⁶  my admonition ⁷  to endure steadfastly, ⁸  I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

Revelation 6:9

6:9 Now ⁹  when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed ¹⁰  because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.

Revelation 12:11

12:11 But ¹¹  they overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony,

and they did not love their lives ¹²  so much that they were afraid to die.

Revelation 3:8

3:8 ‘I know your deeds. (Look! I have put ¹³  in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) ¹⁴  I know ¹⁵  that you have little strength, ¹⁶  but ¹⁷  you have obeyed ¹⁸  my word and have not denied my name.

Revelation 20:4

20:4 Then ¹⁹  I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. ²⁰  I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These ²¹  had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They ²²  came to life ²³  and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

[1:2]  ¹ tn “Then” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to make the chronological succession clear in the translation.

[1:2]  ² tn The genitive phrase “about Jesus Christ” is taken as an objective genitive.

[1:9]  ³ tn The translation attempts to bring out the verbal idea in συγκοινωνός (sunkoinwno", “co-sharer”); John was suffering for his faith at the time he wrote this.

[1:9]  ⁴ tn The prepositional phrase ἐν ᾿Ιησοῦ (en Ihsou) could be taken with ὑπομονῇ (Jupomonh) as the translation does or with the more distant συγκοινωνός (sunkoinwno"), in which case the translation would read “your brother and the one who shares with you in Jesus in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance.”

[1:9]  ⁵ tn The phrase “about Jesus” has been translated as an objective genitive.

[3:10]  ⁵ tn Or “obey.” For the translation of τηρέω (threw) as “obey” see L&N 36.19. In the Greek there is a wordplay: “because you have kept my word…I will keep you,” though the meaning of τηρέω is different each time.

[3:10]  ⁶ tn The Greek term λόγον (logon) is understood here in the sense of admonition or encouragement.

[3:10]  ⁷ tn Or “to persevere.” Here ὑπομονῆς (Jupomonhs) has been translated as a genitive of reference/respect related to τὸν λόγον (ton logon).

[6:9]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a new and somewhat different topic after the introduction of the four riders.

[6:9]  ⁸ tn Or “murdered.” See the note on the word “butcher” in 6:4.

[12:11]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

[12:11]  ¹⁰ sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25.

[3:8]  ¹¹ tn Grk “I have given.”

[3:8]  ¹² tn Grk “to shut it,” but English would leave the direct object understood in this case.

[3:8]  ¹³ tn This translation is based on connecting the ὅτι (Joti) clause with the οἶδα (oida) at the beginning of the verse, giving the content of what is known (see also 3:1, 3:15 for parallels). Because of the intervening clause that is virtually parenthetical (see the note on the word “shut” earlier in this verse), the words “I know that” from the beginning of the verse had to be repeated to make this connection clear for the English reader. However, the ὅτι could be understood as introducing a causal subordinate clause instead and thus translated, “because you have.”

[3:8]  ¹⁴ tn Or “little power.”

[3:8]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[3:8]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “and having kept.” The participle ἐτήρησας (ethrhsas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. For the translation of τηρέω (threw) as “obey” see L&N 36.19. This is the same word that is used in 3:10 (there translated “kept”) where there is a play on words.

[20:4]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[20:4]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “I saw thrones, and those seated on them, and judgment was given to them.” BDAG 567 s.v. κρίμα 3 says, “judging, judgment, the κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς authority to judge was given to them Rv 20:4.”

[20:4]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “God, and who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “these” as subject.

[20:4]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:4]  ¹⁷ tn On the use of the aorist ἔζησαν (ezhsan) BDAG 425 s.v. ζάω 1.a.β says, “of dead persons who return to life become alive again: of humans in general (3 Km 17:23) Mt 9:18; Ac 9:41; 20:12; Rv 20:4, 5.”