Revelation 2:23

2:23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers ¹  with a deadly disease, ²  and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay ³  each one of you ⁴  what your deeds deserve. ⁵ 

Revelation 12:5

12:5 So ⁶  the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, ⁷  who is going to rule ⁸  over all the nations ⁹  with an iron rod. ¹⁰  Her ¹¹  child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,

Revelation 12:4

12:4 Now ¹²  the dragon’s ¹³  tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then ¹⁴  the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

[2:23]  ¹ tn Grk “her children,” but in this context a reference to this woman’s followers or disciples is more likely meant.

[2:23]  ² tn Grk “I will kill with death.” θάνατος (qanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).

[2:23]  ³ tn Grk “I will give.” The sense of δίδωμι (didwmi) in this context is more “repay” than “give.”

[2:23]  ⁴ sn This pronoun and the following one are plural in the Greek text.

[2:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “each one of you according to your works.”

[12:5]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the anticipated birth.

[12:5]  ⁷ tn On this term BDAG 135 s.v. ἄρσην states: “male…The neut. ἄρσεν Rv 12:5, difft. vs. 13, comes fr. Is 66:7 and is in apposition to υἱόν. On the juxtaposition s. FBoll, ZNW 15, 1914, 253; BOlsson, Glotta 23, ’34, 112.”

[12:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “shepherd.”

[12:5]  ⁹ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

[12:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “scepter.” The Greek term ῥάβδος (rJabdo") can mean either “rod” or “scepter.”

[12:5]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[12:4]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate that this remark is virtually parenthetical.

[12:4]  ¹² tn Grk “its”; the referent (the dragon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:4]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.