Revelation 14:1

An Interlude: The Song of the 144,000

14:1 Then ¹  I looked, and here was ²  the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

Revelation 9:16

9:16 The ³  number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; ⁴  I heard their number.

Revelation 19:19

19:19 Then ⁵  I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army.

Revelation 19:21

19:21 The ⁶  others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged ⁷  themselves with their flesh.

[14:1]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[14:1]  ² tn The phrase “and here was” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

[9:16]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “twenty thousand of ten thousands.”

[19:19]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[19:21]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:21]  ⁸ tn On the translation of ἐχορτάσθησαν (ecortasqhsan) BDAG 1087 s.v. χορτάζω 1.a states, “of animals, pass. in act. sense πάντα τὰ ὄρνεα ἐχορτάσθησαν ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτῶν all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh Rv 19:21 (cp. TestJud. 21:8).”