Revelation 4:6

4:6 and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. ¹ 

In ²  the middle of the throne ³  and around the throne were four living creatures ⁴  full of eyes in front and in back.

Revelation 4:9

4:9 And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, ⁵  and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

Revelation 22:3

22:3 And there will no longer be any curse, ⁶  and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. ⁷  His ⁸  servants ⁹  will worship ¹⁰  him,

John 1:29

1:29 On the next day John ¹¹  saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God ¹²  who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:36

1:36 Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” ¹³ 

[4:6]  ¹ tn This could refer to rock crystal, but it is possible this refers to ice (an older meaning). See BDAG 571 s.v. κρύσταλλος.

[4:6]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:6]  ³ tn Perhaps, “in the middle of the throne area” (see L&N 83.10).

[4:6]  ⁴ tn On the meaning of ζῴον (zwon) BDAG 431 s.v. 2 states, “Of the four peculiar beings at God’s throne, whose description Rv 4:6-9 reminds one of the ζῷα in Ezk 1:5ff, the cherubim. S. also Rv 5:6, 8, 11, 14; 6:1, 3, 5-7; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4.”

[4:9]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[22:3]  ⁶ tn Or “be anything accursed” (L&N 33.474).

[22:3]  ⁷ tn Grk “in it”; the referent (the city, the new Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:3]  ⁸ tn Grk “city, and his.” Although this is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, a new sentence was started here in the translation because of the introduction of the Lamb’s followers.

[22:3]  ⁹ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[22:3]  ¹⁰ tn Or “will serve.”

[1:29]  ¹¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (John) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[1:29]  ¹² sn Gen 22:8 is an important passage in the background of the title Lamb of God as applied to Jesus. In Jewish thought this was held to be a supremely important sacrifice. G. Vermès stated: “For the Palestinian Jew, all lamb sacrifice, and especially the Passover lamb and the Tamid offering, was a memorial of the Akedah with its effects of deliverance, forgiveness of sin and messianic salvation” (Scripture and Tradition in Judaism [StPB], 225).

[1:36]  ¹³ sn This section (1:35-51) is joined to the preceding by the literary expedient of repeating the Baptist’s testimony about Jesus being the Lamb of God (1:36, cf. 1:29). This repeated testimony (1:36) no longer has revelatory value in itself, since it has been given before; its purpose, instead, is to institute a chain reaction which will bring John the Baptist’s disciples to Jesus and make them Jesus’ own disciples.