Revelation 18:18
Context18:18 and began to shout 1 when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, 2 “Who is like the great city?”
Revelation 6:10
Context6:10 They 3 cried out with a loud voice, 4 “How long, 5 Sovereign Master, 6 holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”
Revelation 18:19
Context18:19 And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, 7
“Woe, Woe, O great city –
in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth –
because in a single hour she has been destroyed!” 8


[18:18] 1 tn Here the imperfect ἔκραζον (ekrazon) has been translated ingressively.
[18:18] 2 tn Grk “from the burning of her, saying.” For the translation “the smoke from the fire that burned her up,” see L&N 14.63. Here the participle λέγοντες (legontes, “saying”) has not been translated because it is redundant in contemporary English.
[6:10] 3 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
[6:10] 4 tn Grk “voice, saying”; the participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.
[6:10] 5 tn The expression ἕως πότε (ews pote) was translated “how long.” Cf. BDAG 423 s.v. ἕως 1.b.γ.
[6:10] 6 tn The Greek term here is δεσπότης (despoths; see L&N 37.63).
[18:19] 5 tn Grk “with weeping and mourning, saying.” Here the participle λέγοντες (legontes) has not been translated because it is redundant in contemporary English.
[18:19] 6 tn On ἡρημώθη (Jhrhmwqh) L&N 20.41 states, “to suffer destruction, with the implication of being deserted and abandoned – ‘to be destroyed, to suffer destruction, to suffer desolation.’ ἐρημόομαι: μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἠρημώθη ὁ τοσοῦτος πλοῦτος ‘such great wealth has been destroyed within a single hour’ Re 18:17.”