Revelation 18:12

18:12 cargo such as gold, silver, ¹  precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, ²  scarlet cloth, ³  all sorts of things made of citron wood, ⁴  all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble,

Revelation 21:19

21:19 The foundations of the city’s wall are decorated ⁵  with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, ⁶  the fourth emerald,

Revelation 11:6

11:6 These two have the power ⁷  to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time ⁸  they are prophesying. They ⁹  have power ¹⁰  to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want.

Revelation 22:2

22:2 flowing down the middle of the city’s ¹¹  main street. ¹²  On each side ¹³  of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds ¹⁴  of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. ¹⁵  Its leaves are for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 18:21-22

18:21 Then ¹⁶  one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,

“With this kind of sudden violent force ¹⁷ 

Babylon the great city will be thrown down ¹⁸ 

and it will never be found again!

18:22 And the sound of the harpists, musicians,

flute players, and trumpeters

will never be heard in you ¹⁹  again.

No ²⁰  craftsman ²¹  who practices any trade

will ever be found in you again;

the noise of a mill ²²  will never be heard in you again.

[18:12]  ¹ tn Grk “and silver,” but καί (kai) has not been translated before most of these terms since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more

[18:12]  ² tn On this term BDAG 924-25 s.v. σιρικός states, “per. to silk from Ser, subst. τὸ σιρικόν silk cloth or garments w. other costly materials Rv 18:12.”

[18:12]  ³ tn On the translation of κόκκινον (kokkinon) as “scarlet cloth” see L&N 6.170.

[18:12]  ⁴ tn On the phrase πᾶν ξύλον θύϊνον (pan xulon quinon) L&N 3.63 states, “pertaining to being made or consisting of citron wood (that is, from a citron tree) – ‘of citron wood.’ καὶ πᾶν ξύλον θύϊνον καὶ πᾶν σκεῦος ἐλεφάντινον ‘and all kinds of things made of citron wood and all kinds of objects made of ivory’ Re 18:12. The citron tree belongs to the citrus family of plants, and it produces a pale yellow fruit somewhat larger than a lemon, the rind of which is often candied. In Re 18:12, however, the focus is upon the fine quality of the wood.”

[21:19]  ⁵ tn The perfect participle here has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect.

[21:19]  ⁶ sn Agate (also called chalcedony) is a semiprecious stone usually milky or gray in color (L&N 2.32).

[11:6]  ⁹ tn Or “authority.”

[11:6]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the days.”

[11:6]  ¹¹ 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.

[11:6]  ¹² tn Or “authority.”

[22:2]  ¹³ tn Grk “its”; the referent (the city, the new Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  ¹⁴ tn The Greek word πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to a major (broad) street (L&N 1.103).

[22:2]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “From here and from there.”

[22:2]  ¹⁶ tn Or “twelve crops” (one for each month of the year).

[22:2]  ¹⁷ tn The words “of the year” are implied.

[18:21]  ¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[18:21]  ¹⁸ tn On ὅρμημα ({ormhma) BDAG 724 s.v. states, “violent rush, onset ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλών Babylon will be thrown down with violence Rv 18:21.” L&N 68.82 refers to the suddenness of the force or violence.

[18:21]  ¹⁹ sn Thrown down is a play on both the words and the action. The angel’s action with the stone illustrates the kind of sudden violent force with which the city will be overthrown.

[18:22]  ²¹ tn The shift to a second person pronoun here corresponds to the Greek text.

[18:22]  ²² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[18:22]  ²³ tn On this term BDAG 1001 s.v. τεχνίτης states, “craftsperson, artisan, designer…Of a silversmith Ac 19:24, 25 v.l., 38….Of a potter 2 Cl 8:2 (metaph., cp. Ath. 15:2). πᾶς τεχνίτης πάσης τέχνης Rv 18:22.”

[18:22]  ²⁴ tn This is a different Greek word (μύλος, mulos) from the one for the millstone in v. 21 (μύλινος, mulinos). See L&N 7.68.