Revelation 5:8

5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground ¹  before the Lamb. Each ²  of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). ³ 

Revelation 14:2

14:2 I also heard a sound ⁴  coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now ⁵  the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps,

Revelation 15:2

15:2 Then ⁶  I saw something like a sea of glass ⁷  mixed with fire, and those who had conquered ⁸  the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing ⁹  by ¹⁰  the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God. ¹¹ 

[5:8]  ¹ tn Grk “fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[5:8]  ² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[5:8]  ³ sn This interpretive comment by the author forms a parenthesis in the narrative.

[14:2]  ⁴ tn Or “a voice” (cf. Rev 1:15), but since in this context nothing is mentioned as the content of the voice, it is preferable to translate φωνή (fwnh) as “sound” here.

[14:2]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a new topic.

[15:2]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[15:2]  ⁸ sn See Rev 4:6 where the sea of glass was mentioned previously.

[15:2]  ⁹ tn Or “had been victorious over”; traditionally, “had overcome.”

[15:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “of his name, standing.” A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were.”

[15:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “on.” The preposition ἐπί (epi) with the accusative case could mean “on, at, by, near”; given the nature of this scene appearing in a vision, it is difficult to know precisely which the author of Revelation intended. See BDAG 363 s.v. ἐπί 1.c.γ, “At, by, near someone or someth.”

[15:2]  ¹² tn Grk “harps of God.” The phrase τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) has been translated as a genitive of agency.