Revelation 9:11
Context9:11 They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. 1
Revelation 17:9
Context17:9 (This requires 2 a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains 3 the woman sits on. They are also seven kings:
Revelation 18:11
Context18:11 Then 4 the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo 5 any longer –
Revelation 18:20
Context18:20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven,
and you saints and apostles and prophets,
for God has pronounced judgment 6 against her on your behalf!) 7
Revelation 21:14
Context21:14 The 8 wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.


[9:11] 1 sn Both the Hebrew Abaddon and the Greek Apollyon mean “Destroyer.”
[17:9] 2 tn Grk “Here is the mind that has wisdom.”
[17:9] 3 tn It is important to note that the height of “mountains” versus “hills” or other topographical terms is somewhat relative. In terms of Palestinian topography, Mount Tabor (traditionally regarded as the mount of transfiguration) is some 1,800 ft (550 m) above sea level, while the Mount of Olives is only some 100 ft (30 m) higher than Jerusalem.
[18:11] 3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
[18:11] 4 tn On γόμος (gomos) BDAG 205 s.v. states, “load, freight…cargo of a ship…Ac 21:3. W. gen. of the owner Rv 18:11. W. gen. of content…γ. χρυσοῦ a cargo of gold vs. 12.”
[18:20] 4 tn On the phrase “pronounced judgment” BDAG 567 s.v. κρίμα 4.b states, “The OT is the source of the expr. κρίνειν τὸ κρ. (cp. Zech 7:9; 8:16; Ezk 44:24) ἔκρινεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ κρίμα ὑμῶν ἐξ αὐτῆς God has pronounced judgment for you against her or God has pronounced on her the judgment she wished to impose on you (HHoltzmann, Hdb. 1893 ad loc.) Rv 18:20.”
[18:20] 5 tn Grk “God has judged a judgment of you of her.” Verse 20 is set in parentheses because in it the saints, etc. are addressed directly in the second person.
[21:14] 5 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.