Revelation 1:2

1:2 who then ¹  testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about ²  Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1:12

1:12 I ³  turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, ⁴  and when I did so, ⁵  I saw seven golden lampstands,

Revelation 8:2

8:2 Then ⁶  I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

Revelation 10:5

10:5 Then ⁷  the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

Revelation 17:18

17:18 As for ⁸  the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.”

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¹ tn “Then” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to make the chronological succession clear in the translation.

² tn The genitive phrase “about Jesus Christ” is taken as an objective genitive.

³ tn Throughout the translation John’s use of καί (kai) often reflects the varied usage of the Hebrew conjunction ו (vav). A clause which καί introduces has been translated in terms of its semantic relationship to the clause that preceded it. If the καί seemed redundant, however, it was left untranslated; that is the case in this verse.

⁴ tn Grk “with me.” The translation “with me” implies that John was engaged in a dialogue with the one speaking to him (e.g., Jesus or an angel) when in reality it was a one-sided conversation, with John doing all the listening. For this reason, μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ (met’ emou, “with me”) was translated as “to me.”

⁵ tn Grk “and turning I saw.” The repetition of ἐπιστρέφω (epistrefw) is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been translated generally.

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

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

⁸ tn Grk “And.” Because this remark is somewhat resumptive in nature, “as for” is used in the translation.