Revelation 13:15

13:15 The second beast ¹  was empowered ²  to give life ³  to the image of the first beast ⁴  so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

Revelation 16:9

16:9 Thus ⁵  people ⁶  were scorched by the terrible heat, ⁷  yet ⁸  they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority ⁹  over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.

Revelation 17:17

17:17 For God has put into their minds ¹⁰  to carry out his purpose ¹¹  by making ¹²  a decision ¹³  to give their royal power ¹⁴  to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled. ¹⁵ 

Revelation 10:9

10:9 So ¹⁶  I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He ¹⁷  said to me, “Take the scroll ¹⁸  and eat it. It ¹⁹  will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”

Revelation 11:18

11:18 The ²⁰  nations ²¹  were enraged,

but ²²  your wrath has come,

and the time has come for the dead to be judged,

and the time has come to give to your servants, ²³ 

the prophets, their reward,

as well as to the saints

and to those who revere ²⁴  your name, both small and great,

and the time has come ²⁵  to destroy those who destroy ²⁶  the earth.”

Revelation 16:19

16:19 The ²⁷  great city was split into three parts and the cities of the nations ²⁸  collapsed. ²⁹  So ³⁰  Babylon the great was remembered before God, and was given the cup ³¹  filled with the wine made of God’s furious wrath. ³² 

[13:15]  ¹ tn Grk “it”; the referent (the second beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:15]  ² tn Grk “it was given [permitted] to it [the second beast].”

[13:15]  ³ tn Grk “breath,” but in context the point is that the image of the first beast is made to come to life and speak.

[13:15]  ⁴ tn Grk “of the beast”; the word “first” has been supplied to specify the referent.

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the bowl poured on the sun.

[16:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “men,” but this is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") and refers to both men and women.

[16:9]  ⁷ tn On this phrase BDAG 536 s.v. καῦμα states, “burning, heat Rv 7:16…καυματίζεσθαι κ. μέγα be burned with a scorching heat 16:9.”

[16:9]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[16:9]  ⁹ tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

[17:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “hearts.”

[17:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “his intent.”

[17:17]  ¹¹ tn The infinitive ποιῆσαι (poihsai) was translated here as giving the logical means by which God’s purpose was carried out.

[17:17]  ¹² tn On this term BDAG 203 s.v. γνώμη 4 states, “declaration, decision, resolution…of God Rv 17:17.”

[17:17]  ¹³ tn For this translation see BDAG 168 s.v. βασιλεία 1.a, “kingship, royal power, royal rule.”

[17:17]  ¹⁴ tn Or “completed.”

[10:9]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the instructions given by the voice.

[10:9]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[10:9]  ¹⁵ tn The words “the scroll” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[10:9]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:18]  ¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:18]  ¹⁸ tn Or “The Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[11:18]  ¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[11:18]  ²⁰ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[11:18]  ²¹ tn Grk “who fear.”

[11:18]  ²² tn The words “the time has come” do not occur except at the beginning of the verse; the phrase has been repeated for emphasis and contrast. The Greek has one finite verb (“has come”) with a compound subject (“your wrath,” “the time”), followed by three infinitive clauses (“to be judged,” “to give,” “to destroy”). The rhetorical power of the repetition of the finite verb in English thus emulates the rhetorical power of its lone instance in Greek.

[11:18]  ²³ tn Or “who deprave.” There is a possible wordplay here on two meanings for διαφθείρω (diafqeirw), with the first meaning “destroy” and the second meaning either “to ruin” or “to make morally corrupt.” See L&N 20.40.

[16:19]  ²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[16:19]  ²² tn Or “of the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[16:19]  ²³ tn Grk “fell.”

[16:19]  ²⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Babylon’s misdeeds (see Rev 14:8).

[16:19]  ²⁵ tn Grk “the cup of the wine of the anger of the wrath of him.” The concatenation of four genitives has been rendered somewhat differently by various translations (see the note on the word “wrath”).

[16:19]  ²⁶ tn Following BDAG 461 s.v. θυμός 2, the combination of the genitives of θυμός (qumo") and ὀργή (orgh) in Rev 16:19 and 19:15 are taken to be a strengthening of the thought as in the OT and Qumran literature (Exod 32:12; Jer 32:37; Lam 2:3; CD 10:9). Thus in Rev 14:8 (to which the present passage alludes) and 18:3 there is irony: The wine of immoral behavior with which Babylon makes the nations drunk becomes the wine of God’s wrath for her.