Revelation 7:13-14

7:13 Then ¹  one of the elders asked ²  me, “These dressed in long white robes – who are they and where have they come from?” 7:14 So ³  I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” ⁴  Then ⁵  he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They ⁶  have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

Revelation 3:4-5

3:4 But you have a few individuals ⁷  in Sardis who have not stained ⁸  their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed ⁹  in white, because they are worthy. 3:5 The one who conquers ¹⁰  will be dressed like them ¹¹  in white clothing, ¹²  and I will never ¹³  erase ¹⁴  his name from the book of life, but ¹⁵  will declare ¹⁶  his name before my Father and before his angels.

Revelation 3:18

3:18 take my advice ¹⁷  and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me ¹⁸  white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness ¹⁹  will not be exposed, and buy eye salve ²⁰  to put on your eyes so you can see!

Revelation 4:4

4:4 In ²¹  a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were ²²  dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns ²³  on their heads.

Revelation 6:11

6:11 Each ²⁴  of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached ²⁵  of both their fellow servants ²⁶  and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.

[7:13]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[7:13]  ² tn Grk “spoke” or “declared to,” but in the context “asked” reads more naturally in English.

[7:14]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the previous question.

[7:14]  ⁴ tn Though the expression “the answer” is not in the Greek text, it is clearly implied. Direct objects in Greek were frequently omitted when clear from the context.

[7:14]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[7:14]  ⁶ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[3:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “a few names”; here ὄνομα (onoma) is used by figurative extension to mean “person” or “people”; according to L&N 9.19 there is “the possible implication of existence or relevance as individuals.”

[3:4]  ⁸ tn Or “soiled” (so NAB, NRSV, NIV); NCV “have kept their clothes unstained”; CEV “have not dirtied your clothes with sin.”

[3:4]  ⁹ tn The word “dressed” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[3:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “who overcomes.”

[3:5]  ¹¹ tn Grk “thus.”

[3:5]  ¹² tn Or “white robes.”

[3:5]  ¹³ tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh), the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek.

[3:5]  ¹⁴ tn Or “will never wipe out.”

[3:5]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[3:5]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “will confess.”

[3:18]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “I counsel you to buy.”

[3:18]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “rich, and.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation, repeating the words “Buy from me” to make the connection clear for the English reader.

[3:18]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “the shame of the nakedness of you,” which has been translated as an attributed genitive like καινότητι ζωῆς (kainothti zwh") in Rom 6:4 (ExSyn 89-90).

[3:18]  ²⁰ sn The city of Laodicea had a famous medical school and exported a powder (called a “Phrygian powder”) that was widely used as an eye salve. It was applied to the eyes in the form of a paste the consistency of dough (the Greek term for the salve here, κολλούριον, kollourion [Latin collyrium], is a diminutive form of the word for a long roll of bread).

[4:4]  ²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[4:4]  ²² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were” to indicate the connection to the preceding material.

[4:4]  ²³ sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.

[6:11]  ²⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:11]  ²⁵ 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]  ²⁶ 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.