Revelation 11:13
Context11:13 Just then 1 a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people 2 were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 16:21
Context16:21 And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds 3 each, fell from heaven 4 on people, 5 but they 6 blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it 7 was so horrendous. 8


[11:13] 1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
[11:13] 2 tn Grk “seven thousand names of men.”
[16:21] 3 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] 4 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] 5 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] 6 tn Grk “the men”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun “they” is used here.
[16:21] 7 tn Grk “the plague of it.”
[16:21] 8 tn Grk “since the plague of it was exceedingly great.”