Revelation 2:21

2:21 I ¹  have given her time to repent, but ²  she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality.

Revelation 18:18

18:18 and began to shout ³  when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, ⁴  “Who is like the great city?”

Revelation 19:3

19:3 Then ⁵  a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. ⁶ 

Revelation 21:11

21:11 The city possesses ⁷  the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper. ⁸ 

Revelation 21:17-18

21:17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits ⁹  according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s. ¹⁰  21:18 The city’s ¹¹  wall is made ¹²  of jasper and the city is pure gold, like transparent glass. ¹³ 

Revelation 21:25

21:25 Its gates will never be closed during the day ¹⁴  (and ¹⁵  there will be no night there). ¹⁶ 

[2:21]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and contemporary English style.

[2:21]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to bring out the contrast present in this woman’s obstinate refusal to repent.

[18:18]  ³ tn Here the imperfect ἔκραζον (ekrazon) has been translated ingressively.

[18:18]  ⁴ 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.

[19:3]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[19:3]  ⁶ tn Or “her smoke ascends forever and ever.”

[21:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “from God, having the glory of God.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation by supplying the words “the city” to refer back to the previous clause and translating the participle (“having”) as a finite verb.

[21:11]  ⁸ tn On the term ἰάσπιδι (iaspidi) BDAG 465 s.v. ἴασπις states, “jasper, a precious stone found in various colors, mostly reddish, somet. green…brown, blue, yellow, and white. In antiquity the name was not limited to the variety of quartz now called jasper, but could designate any opaque precious stone. Rv 21:18f. W. λίθος 4:3 (TestSol C 11:8). λίθος ἴασπις κρυσταλλίζων a stone of crystal-clear jasper 21:11 (cp. Is 54:12); perh. the opal is meant here; acc. to some, the diamond.”

[21:17]  ⁹ tn Here the measurement was kept in cubits in the translation because of the possible symbolic significance of the number 144 (12 times 12). This is about 216 ft (65 m).

[21:17]  ¹⁰ tn Here L&N 81.1 translate the phrase μέτρον ἀνθρώπου, ὅ ἐστιν ἀγγέλου (metron anqrwpou, {o estin angelou) “‘the unit of measurement used by a person, that is, by an angel’ Re 21:17.” It is more likely that μέτρον is an accusative of respect or reference.

[21:18]  ¹¹ tn Grk “and its wall”; the referent of the pronoun (the city) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:18]  ¹² tn The phrase ἡ ἐνδώμησις τοῦ τείχους (Jh endwmhsi" tou teicou") is difficult to translate precisely. BDAG 334 s.v. ἐνδώμησις states, “primary mng. ‘interior structure’; in our lit. prob.=construction, hence material τοῦ τείχους Rv 21:18.” The phrase could then be translated, “the foundation of the city wall was jasper” or “the material used for the wall of the city was jasper.” The latter alternative has been used in the translation because the text goes on to discuss the foundation in 21:19 (using the term θεμέλιος [qemelios]), which is somewhat redundant if the foundation is mentioned here.

[21:18]  ¹³ tn Or “transparent crystal.” See L&N 6.222, which notes the emphasis is on transparency here. The same Greek word, καθαρός (kaqaros), means both “pure” (referring to the gold) and “transparent” (referring to the glass).

[21:25]  ¹³ tn On the translation “during the day” see BDAG 436 s.v. ἡμέρα 1.a, “But also, as in Thu. et al., of time within which someth. occurs, ἡμέρας during the day Rv 21:25.”

[21:25]  ¹⁴ tn The Greek connective γάρ (gar) most often expresses some sort of causal connection. However, in this context there is no causal force to the second phrase; γάρ simply expresses continuation or connection. Because of this it has been translated as “and.” See BDAG 189-90 s.v. 2.

[21:25]  ¹⁵ tn The clause has virtually the force of a parenthetical comment.