Revelation 1:3

1:3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this ¹  prophecy aloud, ²  and blessed are ³  those who hear and obey ⁴  the things written in it, because the time is near! ⁵ 

Revelation 1:14

1:14 His ⁶  head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, ⁷  and his eyes were like a fiery ⁸  flame.

Revelation 6:13

6:13 and the stars in the sky ⁹  fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping ¹⁰  its unripe figs ¹¹  when shaken by a fierce ¹²  wind.

Revelation 7:13

7:13 Then ¹³  one of the elders asked ¹⁴  me, “These dressed in long white robes – who are they and where have they come from?”

Revelation 9:3

9:3 Then ¹⁵  out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power ¹⁶  like that of the scorpions of the earth.

Revelation 18:11

18:11 Then ¹⁷  the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo ¹⁸  any longer –

Revelation 19:12

19:12 His eyes are like a fiery ¹⁹  flame and there are many diadem crowns ²⁰  on his head. He has ²¹  a name written ²²  that no one knows except himself.

Revelation 20:5

20:5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) ²³  This is the first resurrection.

Revelation 21:24

21:24 The nations ²⁴  will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur ²⁵  into it.

Revelation 22:3

22:3 And there will no longer be any curse, ²⁶  and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. ²⁷  His ²⁸  servants ²⁹  will worship ³⁰  him,

[1:3]  ¹ tn The word “this” is used to translate the Greek article τῆς (ths), bringing out its demonstrative force.

[1:3]  ² tn The word “aloud” has been supplied to indicate that in the original historical setting reading would usually refer to reading out loud in public rather than silently to oneself.

[1:3]  ³ tn The words “blessed are” are repeated from the beginning of this verse for stylistic reasons and for clarity.

[1:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “keep.” L&N 36.19 has “to continue to obey orders or commandments – ‘to obey, to keep commandments, obedience.’”

[1:3]  ⁵ sn The time refers to the time when the things prophesied would happen.

[1:14]  ⁶ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[1:14]  ⁷ tn The clause, “even as white as snow” seems to heighten the preceding clause and is so understood in this ascensive sense (“even”) in the translation.

[1:14]  ⁸ tn The genitive noun πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

[6:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “in heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”). The genitive τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (tou ouranou) is taken as a genitive of place.

[6:13]  ¹² tn Grk “throws [off]”; the indicative verb has been translated as a participle due to English style.

[6:13]  ¹³ tn L&N 3.37 states, “a fig produced late in the summer season (and often falling off before it ripens) – ‘late fig.’ ὡς συκὴ βάλλει τοὺς ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς ὑπὸ ἀνέμου μεγάλου σειομένη ‘as the fig tree sheds its late figs when shaken by a great wind’ Re 6:13. In the only context in which ὄλυνθος occurs in the NT (Re 6:13), one may employ an expression such as ‘unripe fig’ or ‘fig which ripens late.’”

[6:13]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “great wind.”

[7:13]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[7:13]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “spoke” or “declared to,” but in the context “asked” reads more naturally in English.

[9:3]  ²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[9:3]  ²² tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”

[18:11]  ²⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[18:11]  ²⁷ tn On γόμος (gomos) BDAG 205 s.v. states, “load, freight…cargo of a ship…Ac 21:3. W. gen. of the owner Rv 18:11. W. gen. of content…γ. χρυσοῦ a cargo of gold vs. 12.”

[19:12]  ³¹ tn The genitive noun πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive (see also Rev 1:14).

[19:12]  ³² tn For the translation of διάδημα (diadhma) as “diadem crown” see L&N 6.196.

[19:12]  ³³ tn Grk “head, having.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[19:12]  ³⁴ tn Although many translations supply a prepositional phrase to specify what the name was written on (“upon Him,” NASB; “on him,” NIV), there is no location for the name specified in the Greek text.

[20:5]  ³⁶ sn This statement appears to be a parenthetical comment by the author.

[21:24]  ⁴¹ tn Or “the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[21:24]  ⁴² tn Or “splendor”; Grk “glory.”

[22:3]  ⁴⁶ tn Or “be anything accursed” (L&N 33.474).

[22:3]  ⁴⁷ tn Grk “in it”; the referent (the city, the new Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:3]  ⁴⁸ tn Grk “city, and his.” Although this is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, a new sentence was started here in the translation because of the introduction of the Lamb’s followers.

[22:3]  ⁴⁹ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[22:3]  ⁵⁰ tn Or “will serve.”