Revelation 1:10

1:10 I was in the Spirit ¹  on the Lord’s Day ²  when ³  I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

Revelation 1:14

1:14 His ⁴  head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, ⁵  and his eyes were like a fiery ⁶  flame.

Revelation 6:13-14

6:13 and the stars in the sky ⁷  fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping ⁸  its unripe figs ⁹  when shaken by a fierce ¹⁰  wind. 6:14 The sky ¹¹  was split apart ¹²  like a scroll being rolled up, ¹³  and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

Revelation 8:8

8:8 Then ¹⁴  the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A ¹⁵  third of the sea became blood,

Revelation 9:3

9:3 Then ¹⁶  out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power ¹⁷  like that of the scorpions of the earth.

Revelation 9:19

9:19 For the power ¹⁸  of the horses resides ¹⁹  in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries.

Revelation 10:3

10:3 Then ²⁰  he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

Revelation 12:15

12:15 Then ²¹  the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to ²²  sweep her away by a flood,

Revelation 18:18

18:18 and began to shout ²³  when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, ²⁴  “Who is like the great city?”

Revelation 19:1

19:1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,

“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,

Revelation 19:12

19:12 His eyes are like a fiery ²⁵  flame and there are many diadem crowns ²⁶  on his head. He has ²⁷  a name written ²⁸  that no one knows except himself.

Revelation 21:2

21:2 And I saw the holy city – the new Jerusalem – descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 9:17

9:17 Now ²⁹  this is what the horses and their riders ³⁰  looked like in my ³¹  vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, ³²  dark blue, ³³  and sulfurous ³⁴  yellow in color. ³⁵  The ³⁶  heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur ³⁷  came out of their mouths.

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¹ tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).

² tn Concerning the phrase κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ (kuriakh Jhmera) BDAG 576 s.v. κυριακός states: “pert. to belonging to the Lord, the Lord’s…κ. ἡμέρᾳ the Lord’s day (Kephal. I 192, 1; 193, 31…) i.e. certainly Sunday (so in Mod. Gk….) Rv 1:10 (WStott, NTS 12, ’65, 70-75).”

³ tn The conjunction καί (kai) is not introducing a coordinate thought, but one that is logically subordinate to the main verb ἐγενόμην (egenomhn).

⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵ tn The clause, “even as white as snow” seems to heighten the preceding clause and is so understood in this ascensive sense (“even”) in the translation.

⁶ tn The genitive noun πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

⁷ tn Or “in heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”). The genitive τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (tou ouranou) is taken as a genitive of place.

⁸ tn Grk “throws [off]”; the indicative verb has been translated as a participle due to English style.

⁹ tn L&N 3.37 states, “a fig produced late in the summer season (and often falling off before it ripens) – ‘late fig.’ ὡς συκὴ βάλλει τοὺς ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς ὑπὸ ἀνέμου μεγάλου σειομένη ‘as the fig tree sheds its late figs when shaken by a great wind’ Re 6:13. In the only context in which ὄλυνθος occurs in the NT (Re 6:13), one may employ an expression such as ‘unripe fig’ or ‘fig which ripens late.’”

¹⁰ tn Grk “great wind.”

¹¹ tn Or “The heavens were.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) can mean either “heaven” or “sky.”

¹² tn BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποχωρίζω states, “ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη the sky was split Rv 6:14.” Although L&N 79.120 gives the meaning “the sky disappeared like a rolled-up scroll” here, a scroll that is rolled up does not “disappear,” and such a translation could be difficult for modern readers to understand.

¹³ tn On this term BDAG 317 s.v. ἑλίσσω states, “ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον like a scroll that is rolled up…Rv 6:14.”

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

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

¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹⁷ tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”

¹⁸ tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”

¹⁹ tn Grk “is.”

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

²¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

²² tn Grk “so that he might make her swept away.”

²³ tn Here the imperfect ἔκραζον (ekrazon) has been translated ingressively.

²⁴ tn Grk “from the burning of her, saying.” For the translation “the smoke from the fire that burned her up,” see L&N 14.63. Here the participle λέγοντες (legontes, “saying”) has not been translated because it is redundant in contemporary English.

²⁵ tn The genitive noun πυρός (puros) has been translated as an attributive genitive (see also Rev 1:14).

²⁶ tn For the translation of διάδημα (diadhma) as “diadem crown” see L&N 6.196.

sn Diadem crowns were a type of crown used as a symbol of the highest ruling authority in a given area, and thus often associated with kingship.

²⁷ tn Grk “head, having.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

²⁸ tn Although many translations supply a prepositional phrase to specify what the name was written on (“upon Him,” NASB; “on him,” NIV), there is no location for the name specified in the Greek text.

²⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of the description of the horses and riders, which is somewhat parenthetical in the narrative.

³⁰ tn Grk “and those seated on them.”

³¹ tn Grk “the vision”; the Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

³² tn L&N 79.31 states, “‘fiery red’ (probably with a tinge of yellow or orange).”

³³ tn On this term BDAG 1022 s.v. ὑακίνθινος states, “hyacinth-colored, i.e. dark blue (dark red?) w. πύρινος Rv 9:17.”

³⁴ tn On this term BDAG 446 s.v. θειώδης states, “sulphurous Rv 9:17.”

³⁵ sn The colors of the riders’ breastplates parallel the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur in v. 18.

³⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

³⁷ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”