Revelation 4:3

4:3 And the one seated on it was like jasper ¹  and carnelian ²  in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald ³  encircled the throne.

Revelation 6:14

6:14 The sky ⁴  was split apart ⁵  like a scroll being rolled up, ⁶  and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

Revelation 7:16

7:16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, ⁷ 

Revelation 8:4

8:4 The ⁸  smoke coming from the incense, ⁹  along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.

Revelation 9:16

9:16 The ¹⁰  number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; ¹¹  I heard their number.

Revelation 15:5

15:5 After ¹²  these things I looked, and the temple (the tent ¹³  of the testimony) ¹⁴  was opened in heaven,

Revelation 18:5

18:5 because her sins have piled ¹⁵  up all the way to heaven ¹⁶  and God has remembered ¹⁷  her crimes. ¹⁸ 

Revelation 19:3

19:3 Then ¹⁹  a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. ²⁰ 

Revelation 19:13

19:13 He is dressed in clothing dipped ²¹  in blood, and he is called ²²  the Word of God.

Revelation 20:7

Satan’s Final Defeat

20:7 Now ²³  when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison

Revelation 21:7

21:7 The one who conquers ²⁴  will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

Revelation 21:11

21:11 The city possesses ²⁵  the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper. ²⁶ 

Revelation 21:17

21:17 He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits ²⁷  according to human measurement, which is also the angel’s. ²⁸ 

Revelation 22:7

22:7 (Look! I am coming soon!

Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.) ²⁹ 

Revelation 22:12

22:12 (Look! I am coming soon,

and my reward is with me to pay ³⁰  each one according to what he has done!

[4:3]  ¹ tn Grk “jasper stone.”

[4:3]  ² sn Carnelian was a semiprecious gemstone, usually red in color (L&N 2.36).

[4:3]  ³ tn Or “a rainbow emerald-like in appearance.”

[6:14]  ⁴ tn Or “The heavens were.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) can mean either “heaven” or “sky.”

[6:14]  ⁵ tn BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποχωρίζω states, “ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη the sky was split Rv 6:14.” Although L&N 79.120 gives the meaning “the sky disappeared like a rolled-up scroll” here, a scroll that is rolled up does not “disappear,” and such a translation could be difficult for modern readers to understand.

[6:14]  ⁶ tn On this term BDAG 317 s.v. ἑλίσσω states, “ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον like a scroll that is rolled up…Rv 6:14.”

[7:16]  ⁷ tn An allusion to Isa 49:10. The phrase “burning heat” is one word in Greek (καῦμα, kauma) that refers to a burning, intensely-felt heat. See BDAG 536 s.v.

[8:4]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:4]  ¹¹ tn The expression τῶν θυμιαμάτων (twn qumiamatwn) is taken as a “genitive of producer,” i.e., the noun in the genitive produces the head noun.

[9:16]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:16]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “twenty thousand of ten thousands.”

[15:5]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[15:5]  ¹⁷ 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]  ¹⁸ 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).

[18:5]  ¹⁹ tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollhqhsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”

[18:5]  ²⁰ tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[18:5]  ²¹ tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.

[18:5]  ²² tn Or “her sins.”

[19:3]  ²² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[19:3]  ²³ tn Or “her smoke ascends forever and ever.”

[19:13]  ²⁵ tc It appears that “dipped” (βεβαμμένον, bebammenon), supported by several uncials and other witnesses (A 051 Ï), is the original reading. Due to the lack of the preposition “in” (ἐν, en) after the verb (βεβαμμένον αἵματι, bebammenon {aimati), and also probably because of literary allusions to Isa 63:3, several mss and versions seem to have changed the text to “sprinkled” (either ῥεραντισμένον [rJerantismenon] in P 2329 al; ἐρραντισμένον [errantismenon] in 1006 1841; ἐρραμμένον [errammenon] in 2053 2062; or ῥεραμμένον [rJerammenon] in 1611; or in one case περιρεραμμένον [perirerammenon] in א^[2]). The reading most likely to give rise to the others is “dipped.”

[19:13]  ²⁶ tn Grk “the name of him is called.”

[20:7]  ²⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[21:7]  ³¹ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

[21:11]  ³⁴ 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]  ³⁵ 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]  ³⁷ 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]  ³⁸ 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.

[22:7]  ⁴⁰ sn These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator.

[22:12]  ⁴³ tn The Greek term may be translated either “pay” or “pay back” and has something of a double meaning here. However, because of the mention of “wages” (“reward,” another wordplay with two meanings) in the previous clause, the translation “pay” for ἀποδοῦναι (apodounai) was used here.