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Revelation 11:13

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11:13 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

Context
16:21 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 

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[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 talentχάλαζα 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.”



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