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 3:3

3:3 Therefore, remember what you received and heard, ⁶  and obey it, ⁷  and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never ⁸  know at what hour I will come against ⁹  you.

Revelation 4:6

4:6 and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. ¹⁰ 

In ¹¹  the middle of the throne ¹²  and around the throne were four living creatures ¹³  full of eyes in front and in back.

Revelation 11:2

11:2 But ¹⁴  do not measure the outer courtyard ¹⁵  of the temple; leave it out, ¹⁶  because it has been given to the Gentiles, ¹⁷  and they will trample on the holy city ¹⁸  for forty-two months.

Revelation 11:9

11:9 For three and a half days those from every ¹⁹  people, tribe, ²⁰  nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. ²¹ 

Revelation 22:5

22:5 Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Revelation 22:11

22:11 The evildoer must continue to do evil, ²²  and the one who is morally filthy ²³  must continue to be filthy. The ²⁴  one who is righteous must continue to act righteously, and the one who is holy must continue to be holy.”

[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.

[3:3]  ⁶ tn The expression πῶς εἴληφας καὶ ἤκουσας (pw" eilhfa" kai hkousa") probably refers to the initial instruction in the Christian life they had received and been taught; this included doctrine and ethical teaching.

[3:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “keep it,” in the sense of obeying what they had initially been taught.

[3:3]  ⁸ tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh, the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek).

[3:3]  ⁹ tn Or “come on.”

[4:6]  ¹¹ tn This could refer to rock crystal, but it is possible this refers to ice (an older meaning). See BDAG 571 s.v. κρύσταλλος.

[4:6]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:6]  ¹³ tn Perhaps, “in the middle of the throne area” (see L&N 83.10).

[4:6]  ¹⁴ tn On the meaning of ζῴον (zwon) BDAG 431 s.v. 2 states, “Of the four peculiar beings at God’s throne, whose description Rv 4:6-9 reminds one of the ζῷα in Ezk 1:5ff, the cherubim. S. also Rv 5:6, 8, 11, 14; 6:1, 3, 5-7; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4.”

[11:2]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[11:2]  ¹⁷ tn On the term αὐλήν (aulhn) BDAG 150 s.v. αὐλή 1 states, “(outer) court of the temple…Rv 11:2.”

[11:2]  ¹⁸ tn The precise meaning of the phrase ἔκβαλε ἔξωθεν (ekbale exwqen) is difficult to determine.

[11:2]  ¹⁹ tn Or “to the nations” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[11:2]  ²⁰ sn The holy city appears to be a reference to Jerusalem. See also Luke 21:24.

[11:9]  ²¹ tn The word “every” is not in the Greek text, but is implied by the following list.

[11:9]  ²² tn The Greek term καί (kai) has not been translated before this and the following items in the list, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[11:9]  ²³ tn Or “to be buried.”

[22:11]  ²⁶ tn Grk “must do evil still.”

[22:11]  ²⁷ tn For this translation see L&N 88.258; the term refers to living in moral filth.

[22:11]  ²⁸ tn Grk “filthy, and the.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started in the translation.