Revelation 14:4

14:4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves ¹  with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,

Revelation 7:14

7:14 So ²  I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” ³  Then ⁴  he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They ⁵  have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

Revelation 2:19

2:19 ‘I know your deeds: your love, faith, ⁶  service, and steadfast endurance. ⁷  In fact, ⁸  your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones.

Revelation 11:1

The Fate of the Two Witnesses

11:1 Then ⁹  a measuring rod ¹⁰  like a staff was given to me, and I was told, ¹¹  “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there.

Revelation 6:15

6:15 Then ¹²  the kings of the earth, the ¹³  very important people, the generals, ¹⁴  the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave ¹⁵  and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Revelation 13:8

13:8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, ¹⁶  everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world ¹⁷  in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed. ¹⁸ 

Revelation 17:14

17:14 They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying ¹⁹  the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.”

Revelation 17:16

17:16 The ²⁰  ten horns that you saw, and the beast – these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They ²¹  will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire. ²² 

Revelation 22:17

22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say: “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.

Revelation 3:9

3:9 Listen! ²³  I am going to make those people from the synagogue ²⁴  of Satan – who say they are Jews yet ²⁵  are not, but are lying – Look, I will make ²⁶  them come and bow down ²⁷  at your feet and acknowledge ²⁸  that I have loved you.

Revelation 18:23

18:23 Even the light from a lamp

will never shine in you again!

The voices of the bridegroom and his bride

will never be heard in you again.

For your merchants were the tycoons of the world,

because all the nations ²⁹  were deceived by your magic spells! ³⁰ 

[14:4]  ¹ tn The aorist passive verb is rendered as a reflexive (“defiled themselves”) by BDAG 657 s.v. μολύνω 2.

[7:14]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the previous question.

[7:14]  ³ tn Though the expression “the answer” is not in the Greek text, it is clearly implied. Direct objects in Greek were frequently omitted when clear from the context.

[7:14]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[7:14]  ⁵ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[2:19]  ³ tn Grk “and faith.” Here and before the following term καί (kai) has not been translated because English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the next to last and last terms in a list.

[2:19]  ⁴ tn Or “perseverance.”

[2:19]  ⁵ tn The phrase “In fact” is supplied in the translation to bring out the ascensive quality of the clause. It would also be possible to supply here an understood repetition of the phrase “I know” from the beginning of the verse (so NRSV). Grk “and your last deeds [that are] greater than the first.”

[11:1]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[11:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “a reed” (but these were used for measuring). Cf. Ezek 40:3ff.

[11:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “saying.”

[6:15]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[6:15]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated; nor is it translated before each of the following categories, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[6:15]  ⁷ tn Grk “chiliarchs.” A chiliarch was normally a military officer commanding a thousand soldiers, but here probably used of higher-ranking commanders like generals (see L&N 55.15; cf. Rev 6:15).

[6:15]  ⁸ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[13:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “it”; the referent (the beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:8]  ⁷ tn The prepositional phrase “since the foundation of the world” is traditionally translated as a modifier of the immediately preceding phrase in the Greek text, “the Lamb who was killed” (so also G. B. Caird, Revelation [HNTC], 168), but it is more likely that the phrase “since the foundation of the world” modifies the verb “written” (as translated above). Confirmation of this can be found in Rev 17:8 where the phrase “written in the book of life since the foundation of the world” occurs with no ambiguity.

[13:8]  ⁸ tn Or “slaughtered”; traditionally, “slain.”

[17:14]  ⁷ tn See BDAG 636 s.v. μετά A.2.a.α.

[17:16]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:16]  ⁹ tn 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]  ¹⁰ tn The final clause could also be turned into an adverbial clause of means: “They will consume her flesh by burning her with fire.”

[3:9]  ⁹ tn Grk “behold” (L&N 91.13).

[3:9]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on synagogue in 2:9.

[3:9]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast between what these people claimed and what they were.

[3:9]  ¹² tn The verb here is ποιέω (poiew), but in this context it has virtually the same meaning as δίδωμι (didwmi) used at the beginning of the verse. Stylistic variation like this is typical of Johannine literature.

[3:9]  ¹³ tn The verb here is προσκυνήσουσιν (proskunhsousin), normally used to refer to worship.

[3:9]  ¹⁴ tn Or “and know,” “and recognize.”

[18:23]  ¹⁰ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[18:23]  ¹¹ tn On the term φαρμακεία (farmakeia, “magic spells”) see L&N 53.100: “the use of magic, often involving drugs and the casting of spells upon people – ‘to practice magic, to cast spells upon, to engage in sorcery, magic, sorcery.’ φαρμακεία: ἐν τῇ φαρμακείᾳ σου ἐπλανήθησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ‘with your magic spells you deceived all the peoples (of the world)’ Re 18:23.”