Revelation 6:4

Context
6:4 And another horse, fiery red,¹ came out, and the one who rode it² was granted permission³ to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher⁴ one another, and he was given a huge sword.

Revelation 13:4

Context
13:4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority⁵ to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to make war against him?”⁶

Revelation 13:12

Context
13:12 He⁷ exercised all the ruling authority⁸ of the first beast on his behalf,⁹ and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed.

[6:4] ¹tn L&N 79.31 states, “‘fiery red’ (probably with a tinge of yellow or orange).”

[6:4] ²tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”

[6:4] ³tn The word “permission” is implied; Grk “it was given to him to take peace from the earth.”

[6:4] ⁴tn BDAG 979 s.v. σφάζω states, “Of the killing of a person by violence…σφάζειν τινά butcher or murder someone (4 Km 10:7; Jer 52:10; Manetho: 609 fgm. 8, 76 Jac. [in Jos., C. Ap. 1, 76]; Demetr.[?]: 722 fgm. 7; Ar. 10, 9) 1J 3:12; Rv 6:4. Pass. (Hdt. 5, 5) 5:9; 6:9; 18:24.”

[13:4] ⁵tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

[13:4] ⁶tn On the use of the masculine pronoun to refer to the beast, see the note on the word “It” in 13:1.

[13:12] ⁹tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[13:12] ¹⁰tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

[13:12] ¹¹tn For this meaning see BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνώπιον 4.b, “by the authority of, on behalf of Rv 13:12, 14; 19:20.”