Revelation 10:1

The Angel with the Little Scroll

10:1 Then ¹  I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped ²  in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire. ³ 

Revelation 12:12

12:12 Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them!

But ⁴  woe to the earth and the sea

because the devil has come down to you!

He ⁵  is filled with terrible anger,

for he knows that he only has a little time!”

Revelation 16:21

16:21 And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds ⁶  each, fell from heaven ⁷  on people, ⁸  but they ⁹  blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it ¹⁰  was so horrendous. ¹¹ 

Revelation 20:9

20:9 They ¹²  went up ¹³  on the broad plain of the earth ¹⁴  and encircled ¹⁵  the camp ¹⁶  of the saints and the beloved city, but ¹⁷  fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely. ¹⁸ 

Revelation 21:10

21:10 So ¹⁹  he took me away in the Spirit ²⁰  to a huge, majestic mountain ²¹  and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.

[10:1]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[10:1]  ² tn Or “clothed.”

[10:1]  ³ tn Or “like fiery pillars,” translating πυρός (puros) as an attributive genitive.

[12:12]  ⁴ tn The word “But” is not in the Greek text, but the contrast is clearly implied. This is a case of asyndeton (lack of a connective).

[12:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “and is filled,” a continuation of the previous sentence. Because English tends to use shorter sentences (especially when exclamations are involved), a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[16:21]  ⁷ tn Here BDAG 988 s.v. ταλαντιαῖος states, “weighing a talent…χάλαζα μεγάλη ὡς ταλαντιαία a severe hailstorm with hailstones weighing a talent (the talent=125 librae, or Roman pounds of c. 343 gr. or 12 ounces each) (weighing about a hundred pounds NRSV) Rv 16:21.” This means each hailstone would weigh just under 100 pounds or 40 kilograms.

[16:21]  ⁸ tn Or “the sky.” Due to the apocalyptic nature of this book, it is probably best to leave the translation as “from heaven,” since God is ultimately the source of the judgment.

[16:21]  ⁹ tn Grk “on men,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in a generic sense to refer to people in general (the hailstones did not single out adult males, but would have also fallen on women and children).

[16:21]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the men”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun “they” is used here.

[16:21]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the plague of it.”

[16:21]  ¹² tn Grk “since the plague of it was exceedingly great.”

[20:9]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:9]  ¹¹ tn The shift here to past tense reflects the Greek text.

[20:9]  ¹² 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]  ¹³ tn Or “surrounded.”

[20:9]  ¹⁴ 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]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[20:9]  ¹⁶ tn See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesqiw) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”

[21:10]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s invitation.

[21:10]  ¹⁴ tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).

[21:10]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “to a mountain great and high.”