Revelation 6:10-11

6:10 They ¹  cried out with a loud voice, ²  “How long, ³  Sovereign Master, ⁴  holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?” 6:11 Each ⁵  of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached ⁶  of both their fellow servants ⁷  and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.

Revelation 20:4-5

20:4 Then ⁸  I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. ⁹  I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These ¹⁰  had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They ¹¹  came to life ¹²  and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 20:5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) ¹³  This is the first resurrection.

Revelation 20:12

20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then ¹⁴  books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. ¹⁵  So ¹⁶  the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. ¹⁷ 

Revelation 20:15

20:15 If ¹⁸  anyone’s name ¹⁹  was not found written in the book of life, that person ²⁰  was thrown into the lake of fire.

Isaiah 26:19-21

26:19 ²¹ Your dead will come back to life;

your corpses will rise up.

Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! ²² 

For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, ²³ 

and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits. ²⁴ 

26:20 Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms!

Close your doors behind you!

Hide for a little while,

until his angry judgment is over! ²⁵ 

26:21 For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, ²⁶ 

to punish the sin of those who live on the earth.

The earth will display the blood shed on it;

it will no longer cover up its slain. ²⁷ 

Daniel 7:9-10

7:9 “While I was watching,

thrones were set up,

and the Ancient of Days ²⁸  took his seat.

His attire was white like snow;

the hair of his head was like lamb’s ²⁹  wool.

His throne was ablaze with fire

and its wheels were all aflame. ³⁰ 

7:10 A river of fire was streaming forth

and proceeding from his presence.

Many thousands were ministering to him;

Many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. ³¹ 

The court convened ³² 

and the books were opened.

Daniel 12:1-2

12:1 “At that time Michael,

the great prince who watches over your people, ³³ 

will arise. ³⁴ 

There will be a time of distress

unlike any other from the nation’s beginning ³⁵ 

up to that time.

But at that time your own people,

all those whose names are ³⁶  found written in the book,

will escape.

12:2 Many of those who sleep

in the dusty ground will awake –

some to everlasting life,

and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence. ³⁷ 

Hebrews 9:27

9:27 And just as people ³⁸  are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment, ³⁹ 

[6:10]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:10]  ² tn Grk “voice, saying”; the participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.

[6:10]  ³ tn The expression ἕως πότε (ews pote) was translated “how long.” Cf. BDAG 423 s.v. ἕως 1.b.γ.

[6:10]  ⁴ tn The Greek term here is δεσπότης (despoths; see L&N 37.63).

[6:11]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “until they had been completed.” The idea of a certain “number” of people is implied by the subject of πληρωθῶσιν (plhrwqwsin).

[6:11]  ⁷ tn Though σύνδουλος (sundoulos) has been translated “fellow servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[20:4]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[20:4]  ⁹ tn Grk “I saw thrones, and those seated on them, and judgment was given to them.” BDAG 567 s.v. κρίμα 3 says, “judging, judgment, the κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς authority to judge was given to them Rv 20:4.”

[20:4]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “God, and who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “these” as subject.

[20:4]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:4]  ¹² tn On the use of the aorist ἔζησαν (ezhsan) BDAG 425 s.v. ζάω 1.a.β says, “of dead persons who return to life become alive again: of humans in general (3 Km 17:23) Mt 9:18; Ac 9:41; 20:12; Rv 20:4, 5.”

[20:5]  ¹³ sn This statement appears to be a parenthetical comment by the author.

[20:12]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[20:12]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “another book was opened, which is of life.”

[20:12]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the books being opened.

[20:12]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “from the things written in the books according to their works.”

[20:15]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:15]  ¹⁹ tn The word “name” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[20:15]  ²⁰ tn Grk “he”; the pronoun has been intensified by translating as “that person.”

[26:19]  ²¹ sn At this point the Lord (or prophet) gives the people an encouraging oracle.

[26:19]  ²² tn Heb “dust” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[26:19]  ²³ tn Heb “for the dew of lights [is] your dew.” The pronominal suffix on “dew” is masculine singular, like the suffixes on “your dead” and “your corpses” in the first half of the verse. The statement, then, is addressed to collective Israel, the speaker in verse 18. The plural form אוֹרֹת (’orot) is probably a plural of respect or magnitude, meaning “bright light” (i.e., morning’s light). Dew is a symbol of fertility and life. Here Israel’s “dew,” as it were, will soak the dust of the ground and cause the corpses of the dead to spring up to new life, like plants sprouting up from well-watered soil.

[26:19]  ²⁴ sn It is not certain whether the resurrection envisioned here is intended to be literal or figurative. A comparison with 25:8 and Dan 12:2 suggests a literal interpretation, but Ezek 37:1-14 uses resurrection as a metaphor for deliverance from exile and the restoration of the nation (see Isa 27:12-13).

[26:20]  ²⁵ tn Heb “until anger passes by.”

[26:21]  ²⁶ tn Heb “out of his place” (so KJV, ASV).

[26:21]  ²⁷ sn This implies that rampant bloodshed is one of the reasons for divine judgment. See the note at 24:5.

[7:9]  ²⁸ tn Or “the Ancient One” (NAB, NRSV, NLT), although the traditional expression has been retained in the present translation because it is familiar to many readers. Cf. TEV “One who had been living for ever”; CEV “the Eternal God.”

[7:9]  ²⁹ tn Traditionally the Aramaic word נְקֵא (nÿqe’) has been rendered “pure,” but here it more likely means “of a lamb.” Cf. the Syriac neqya’ (“a sheep, ewe”). On this word see further, M. Sokoloff, “’amar neqe’, ‘Lamb’s Wool’ (Dan 7:9),” JBL 95 (1976): 277-79.

[7:9]  ³⁰ tn Aram “a flaming fire.”

[7:10]  ³¹ tn Aram “were standing before him.”

[7:10]  ³² tn Aram “judgment sat.”

[12:1]  ³³ tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”

[12:1]  ³⁴ tn Heb “will stand up.”

[12:1]  ³⁵ tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”

[12:1]  ³⁶ tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[12:2]  ³⁷ sn This verse is the only undisputed reference to a literal resurrection found in the Hebrew Bible.

[9:27]  ³⁸ tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).

[9:27]  ³⁹ tn Grk “and after this – judgment.”