Revelation 2:7

2:7 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, ¹  I will permit ²  him to eat from the tree of life that is ³  in the paradise of God.’ ⁴ 

Revelation 2:14

2:14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, ⁵  who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block ⁶  before the people ⁷  of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. ⁸ 

Revelation 10:10

10:10 So ⁹  I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste ¹⁰  as sweet as honey in my mouth, but ¹¹  when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.

Revelation 17:16

17:16 The ¹²  ten horns that you saw, and the beast – these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They ¹³  will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire. ¹⁴ 

Revelation 19:18

19:18 to eat ¹⁵  your fill ¹⁶  of the flesh of kings,

the flesh of generals, ¹⁷ 

the flesh of powerful people,

the flesh of horses and those who ride them,

and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, ¹⁸ 

and small and great!”

[2:7]  ¹ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.” The pendent dative is allowed to stand in the English translation because it is characteristic of the author’s style in Revelation.

[2:7]  ² tn Or “grant.”

[2:7]  ³ tn Or “stands.”

[2:7]  ⁴ tc The omission of “my” (μου, mou) after “God” (θεοῦ, qeou) is well attested, supported by א A C and the Andreas of Caesarea group of Byzantine mss (Ï^A). Its addition in 1611, the Ï^K group, latt, and others, seems to be evidence of a purposeful conforming of the text to 3:2 and the four occurrences of “my God” (θεοῦ μου) in 3:12.

[2:14]  ⁵ sn See Num 22-24; 31:16.

[2:14]  ⁶ tn That is, a cause for sinning. An alternate translation is “who instructed Balak to cause the people of Israel to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols…”

[2:14]  ⁷ tn Grk “sons,” but the expression υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ (Juioi Israhl) is an idiom for the people of Israel as an ethnic entity (see L&N 11.58).

[2:14]  ⁸ tn Due to the actual events in the OT (Num 22-24; 31:16), πορνεῦσαι (porneusai) is taken to mean “sexual immorality.” BDAG 854 s.v. πορνεύω 1 states, “engage in illicit sex, to fornicate, to whore…W. φαγεῖν εἰδωλόθυτα ‘eat meat offered to idols’ Rv 2:14, 20.”

[10:10]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the instructions given by the angel.

[10:10]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “it was.” The idea of taste is implied.

[10:10]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[17:16]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:16]  ¹⁴ tn A new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:16]  ¹⁵ tn The final clause could also be turned into an adverbial clause of means: “They will consume her flesh by burning her with fire.”

[19:18]  ¹⁷ tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause, insofar as it is related to the first imperative, has the force of an imperative.

[19:18]  ¹⁸ tn The idea of eating “your fill” is evident in the context with the use of χορτάζω (cortazw) in v. 21.

[19:18]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “chiliarchs”; normally a chiliarch was a military officer commanding a thousand soldiers, but here probably used of higher-ranking commanders like generals (see L&N 55.15; cf. Rev 6:15).

[19:18]  ²⁰ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.