Revelation 16:20

16:20 Every ¹  island fled away ²  and no mountains could be found. ³ 

Revelation 6:14

6:14 The sky ⁴  was split apart ⁵  like a scroll being rolled up, ⁶  and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

Revelation 1:9

1:9 I, John, your brother and the one who shares ⁷  with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that ⁸  are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus. ⁹ 

[16:20]  ¹ tn Grk “And every.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[16:20]  ² tn Or “vanished.”

[16:20]  ³ sn Every island fled away and no mountains could be found. Major geographical and topographical changes will accompany the Day of the Lord.

[6:14]  ⁴ tn Or “The heavens were.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) can mean either “heaven” or “sky.”

[6:14]  ⁵ tn BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποχωρίζω states, “ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη the sky was split Rv 6:14.” Although L&N 79.120 gives the meaning “the sky disappeared like a rolled-up scroll” here, a scroll that is rolled up does not “disappear,” and such a translation could be difficult for modern readers to understand.

[6:14]  ⁶ tn On this term BDAG 317 s.v. ἑλίσσω states, “ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον like a scroll that is rolled up…Rv 6:14.”

[1:9]  ⁷ tn The translation attempts to bring out the verbal idea in συγκοινωνός (sunkoinwno", “co-sharer”); John was suffering for his faith at the time he wrote this.

[1:9]  ⁸ tn The prepositional phrase ἐν ᾿Ιησοῦ (en Ihsou) could be taken with ὑπομονῇ (Jupomonh) as the translation does or with the more distant συγκοινωνός (sunkoinwno"), in which case the translation would read “your brother and the one who shares with you in Jesus in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance.”

[1:9]  ⁹ tn The phrase “about Jesus” has been translated as an objective genitive.