Revelation 5:11

5:11 Then ¹  I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their ²  number was ten thousand times ten thousand ³  – thousands times thousands –

Revelation 11:15

The Seventh Trumpet

11:15 Then ⁴  the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

“The kingdom of the world

has become the kingdom of our Lord

and of his Christ, ⁵ 

and he will reign for ever and ever.”

Genesis 13:16

13:16 And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted. ⁶ 

Hosea 1:10

The Restoration of Israel

1:10 (2:1) ⁷  However, ⁸  in the future the number of the people ⁹  of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although ¹⁰  it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are ¹¹  children ¹²  of the living God!”

Luke 12:1

Fear God, Not People

12:1 Meanwhile, ¹³  when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus ¹⁴  began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against ¹⁵  the yeast of the Pharisees, ¹⁶  which is hypocrisy. ¹⁷ 

Romans 11:25

11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, ¹⁸  so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel ¹⁹  until the full number ²⁰  of the Gentiles has come in.

Hebrews 11:12

11:12 So in fact children ²¹  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand ²²  on the seashore. ²³ 

Hebrews 12:22

12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the city ²⁴  of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

[5:11]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[5:11]  ² tn Grk “elders, and the number of them was.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[5:11]  ³ tn Or “myriads of myriads.” Although μυριάς (murias) literally means “10,000,” the point of the combination here may simply be to indicate an incalculably huge number. See L&N 60.9.

[11:15]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[11:15]  ⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[13:16]  ⁶ tn The translation “can be counted” (potential imperfect) is suggested by the use of יוּכַל (yukhal, “is able”) in the preceding clause.

[1:10]  ⁷ sn Beginning with 1:10, the verse numbers through 2:23 in the English Bible differ by two from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 1:10 ET = 2:1 HT, 1:11 ET = 2:2 HT, 2:1 ET = 2:3 HT, etc., through 2:23 ET = 2:25 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible are again the same.

[1:10]  ⁸ tn The vav prefixed to וְהָיָה (véhaya) functions in an adversative sense: “however” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 71, §432).

[1:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV “the children”; NAB, NIV “the Israelites.”

[1:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in the place” (בִּמְקוֹם, bimqom). BDB 880 s.v. מָקוֹם 7.b suggests that בִּמְקוֹם (preposition בְּ, bet, + noun מָקוֹם, maqom) is an idiom carrying a concessive sense: “instead of” (e.g., Isa 33:21; Hos 2:1). However, HALOT suggests that it functions in a locative sense: “in the same place” (HALOT 626 s.v. מָקוֹם 2b; e.g., 1 Kgs 21:19; Isa 33:21; Hos 2:1).

[1:10]  ¹¹ tn The predicate nominative, “You are…,” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:10]  ¹² tn Heb “sons” (so KJV, NASB, NIV).

[12:1]  ¹³ tn The phrase ἐν οἷς (en Jois) can be translated “meanwhile.”

[12:1]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:1]  ¹⁵ tn According to L&N 27.59, “to pay attention to, to keep on the lookout for, to be alert for, to be on your guard against.” This is another Lukan present imperative calling for constant vigilance.

[12:1]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[12:1]  ¹⁷ sn The pursuit of popularity can lead to hypocrisy, if one is not careful.

[11:25]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[11:25]  ¹⁹ tn Or “Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.”

[11:25]  ²⁰ tn Grk “fullness.”

[11:12]  ²¹ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

[11:12]  ²² tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

[11:12]  ²³ sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).

[12:22]  ²⁴ tn Grk “and the city”; the conjunction is omitted in translation since it seems to be functioning epexegetically – that is, explaining further what is meant by “Mount Zion.”