Revelation 8:5

8:5 Then ¹  the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, ²  flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

Revelation 13:8

13:8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, ³  everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world ⁴  in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed. ⁵ 

Revelation 14:2

14:2 I also heard a sound ⁶  coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now ⁷  the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps,

Revelation 18:17

18:17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” ⁸ 

And every ship’s captain, ⁹  and all who sail along the coast ¹⁰  – seamen, and all who ¹¹  make their living from the sea, stood a long way off

Revelation 19:11

The Son of God Goes to War

19:11 Then ¹²  I saw heaven opened and here came ¹³  a white horse! The ¹⁴  one riding it was called “Faithful” and “True,” and with justice ¹⁵  he judges and goes to war.

Revelation 19:18

19:18 to eat ¹⁶  your fill ¹⁷  of the flesh of kings,

the flesh of generals, ¹⁸ 

the flesh of powerful people,

the flesh of horses and those who ride them,

and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, ¹⁹ 

and small and great!”

[8:5]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:5]  ² tn Or “sounds,” “voices.” It is not entirely clear what this refers to. BDAG 1071 s.v. φωνή 1 states, “In Rv we have ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί (cp. Ex 19:16) 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18 (are certain other sounds in nature thought of here in addition to thunder, as e.g. the roar of the storm?…).”

[13:8]  ³ tn Grk “it”; the referent (the beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:8]  ⁴ tn The prepositional phrase “since the foundation of the world” is traditionally translated as a modifier of the immediately preceding phrase in the Greek text, “the Lamb who was killed” (so also G. B. Caird, Revelation [HNTC], 168), but it is more likely that the phrase “since the foundation of the world” modifies the verb “written” (as translated above). Confirmation of this can be found in Rev 17:8 where the phrase “written in the book of life since the foundation of the world” occurs with no ambiguity.

[13:8]  ⁵ tn Or “slaughtered”; traditionally, “slain.”

[14:2]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a new topic.

[18:17]  ⁷ tn On ἠρημώθη (hrhmwqh) L&N 20.41 states, “to suffer destruction, with the implication of being deserted and abandoned – ‘to be destroyed, to suffer destruction, to suffer desolation.’ ἐρημόομαι: μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἠρημώθη ὁ τοσοῦτος πλοῦτος ‘such great wealth has been destroyed within a single hour’ Re 18:17.”

[18:17]  ⁸ tn On κυβερνήτης (kubernhth") BDAG 574 s.v. 1 states, “one who is responsible for the management of a ship, shipmaster, lit. Rv 18:17.”

[18:17]  ⁹ tn Or perhaps, “everyone who sails as a passenger.” On πλέων (plewn) BDAG 825 s.v. πλέω states, “πᾶς ὁ ἐπὶ τόπον πλέων everyone who sails to a place = seafarer, sea traveler…Rv 18:17. The vv.ll.…have led to various interpretations. Some render: everyone who sails along the coast…See EbNestle, Einführung in das Griech. NT 1909, 182; AFridrichsen, K. Hum. Vetensk.-Samf. i Upps. Årsb. ’43, 31 note ὁ ἐπίτοπον πλέων=one who sails occasionally, a passenger. – S. also IHeikel, StKr 106, ’34/’35, 317).”

[18:17]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and as many as.”

[19:11]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[19:11]  ¹⁰ tn The phrase “and here came” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

[19:11]  ¹¹ tn A new sentence was started in the translation at this point and καί (kai) was not translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:11]  ¹² tn Or “in righteousness,” but since the context here involves the punishment of the wicked and the vindication of the saints, “justice” was preferred.

[19:18]  ¹¹ tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause, insofar as it is related to the first imperative, has the force of an imperative.

[19:18]  ¹² tn The idea of eating “your fill” is evident in the context with the use of χορτάζω (cortazw) in v. 21.

[19:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “chiliarchs”; normally a chiliarch was a military officer commanding a thousand soldiers, but here probably used of higher-ranking commanders like generals (see L&N 55.15; cf. Rev 6:15).

[19:18]  ¹⁴ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.