Revelation 4:2

4:2 Immediately I was in the Spirit, ¹  and ²  a throne was standing ³  in heaven with someone seated on it!

Revelation 8:1

The Seventh Seal

8:1 Now ⁴  when the Lamb ⁵  opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Revelation 14:17

14:17 Then ⁶  another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Revelation 15:5

15:5 After ⁷  these things I looked, and the temple (the tent ⁸  of the testimony) ⁹  was opened in heaven,

Revelation 19:14

19:14 The ¹⁰  armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, ¹¹  were following him on white horses.

[4:2]  ¹ tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).

[4:2]  ² tn Grk “and behold.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) at the beginning of this statement has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[4:2]  ³ tn BDAG 537 s.v. κεῖμαι 2 gives the translation “stand” for the term in this verse.

[8:1]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the resumption of the topic of the seals.

[8:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the Lamb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:17]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[15:5]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[15:5]  ¹¹ tn On this term BDAG 928 s.v. σκηνή 1.b.α states, “ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ μαρτυρίου the Tabernacle or Tent of Testimony (Ex 27:21; 29:4; Lev 1:1; Num 1:1 and oft.…) Ac 7:44; 1 Cl 43:2, 5,” and then continues in section 2 to state, “Rv 15:5 speaks of a ναὸς τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ. God’s σκ.= dwelling is in heaven 13:6, and will some time be among humans 21:3.”

[15:5]  ¹² tn Grk “the temple of the tent of the testimony” (ὁ ναός τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, Jo naos ths skhnhs tou marturiou). The genitive “of the tent” is probably an appositional genitive and should be rendered as “the temple, which is the tent.” The entire expression, then, would be “the temple which is the tent of testimony,” that is, “the heavenly equivalent of the tent or tabernacle that was with Israel in the wilderness” (G. K. Beale, Revelation [NIGTC], 801-2).

[19:14]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:14]  ¹⁴ tn On the term translated “fine linen,” BDAG 185 s.v. βύσσινος states, “made of fine linen, subst. τὸ β. fine linen, linen garment…Rv 18:12, 16; 19:8, 14.”