Revelation 12:3

Context
12:3 Then¹ another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns.²

Revelation 17:3

Context
17:3 So³ he carried me away in the Spirit⁴ to a wilderness,⁵ and there⁶ I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:7

Context
17:7 But⁷ the angel said to me, “Why are you astounded? I will interpret⁸ for you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

Revelation 17:16

Context
17:16 The⁹ ten horns that you saw, and the beast – these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They¹⁰ will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire.¹¹

[12:3] ¹tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[12:3] ²tn For the translation of διάδημα (diadhma) as “diadem crown” see L&N 6.196.

[17:3] ³tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s invitation to witness the fate of the prostitute.

[17:3] ⁴tn 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).

[17:3] ⁵tn Or “desert.”

[17:3] ⁶tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.

[17:7] ⁵tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[17:7] ⁶tn Grk “I will tell you,” but since what follows is the angel’s interpretation of the vision, “interpret for you” is the preferred translation here.

[17:16] ⁷tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:16] ⁸tn A new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:16] ⁹tn The final clause could also be turned into an adverbial clause of means: “They will consume her flesh by burning her with fire.”