Revelation 11:5
Context11:5 If 1 anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths 2 and completely consumes 3 their enemies. If 4 anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way.
Revelation 21:27
Context21:27 but 5 nothing ritually unclean 6 will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable 7 or practices falsehood, 8 but only those whose names 9 are written in the Lamb’s book of life.


[11:5] 1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
[11:5] 2 tn This is a collective singular in Greek.
[11:5] 3 tn See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesqiw) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”
[11:5] 4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
[21:27] 5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
[21:27] 6 tn Here BDAG 552 s.v. κοινός 2 states, “pert. to being of little value because of being common, common, ordinary, profane…b. specifically, of that which is ceremonially impure: Rv 21:27.”
[21:27] 7 tn Or “what is abhorrent”; Grk “who practices abominations.”
[21:27] 8 tn Grk “practicing abomination or falsehood.” Because of the way βδέλυγμα (bdelugma) has been translated (“does what is detestable”) it was necessary to repeat the idea from the participle ποιῶν (poiwn, “practices”) before the term “falsehood.” On this term, BDAG 1097 s.v. ψεῦδος states, “ποιεῖν ψεῦδος practice (the things that go with) falsehood Rv 21:27; 22:15.” Cf. Rev 3:9.
[21:27] 9 tn Grk “those who are written”; the word “names” is implied.