Revelation 1:7

1:7 (Look! He is returning with the clouds,¹

and every eye will see him,

even² those who pierced him,³

and all the tribes⁴ on the earth will mourn because⁵ of him.

This will certainly come to pass!⁶ Amen.)⁷

Revelation 8:3

8:3 Another⁸ angel holding⁹ a golden censer¹⁰ came and was stationed¹¹ at the altar. A¹² large amount of incense was given to him to offer up, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar that is before the throne.

Revelation 12:4

12:4 Now¹³ the dragon’s¹⁴ tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then¹⁵ the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

Revelation 18:21

18:21 Then¹⁶ one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,

“With this kind of sudden violent force¹⁷

Babylon the great city will be thrown down¹⁸

and it will never be found again!

Revelation 22:9

22:9 But¹⁹ he said to me, “Do not do this!²⁰ I am a fellow servant²¹ with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey²² the words of this book. Worship God!”

¹sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.

²tn Here καί (kai) was translated as ascensive.

³sn An allusion to Zech 12:10.

⁴tn In this context, tribes (φυλαί, fulai) could also be translated as “nations” or “peoples” (L&N 11.56).

⁵tn The conjunction ἐπί (epi) is most likely causal here. The people who crucified him are those of every tribe on the earth and they will mourn because he comes as judge.

⁶tn Grk “Yes, Amen.” The expression “This will certainly come to pass” is an attempt to capture the force of the juxtaposition of the Greek ναί (nai) and the Hebrew ἀμήν (amhn). See L&N 69.1.

⁷sn These lines are placed in parentheses because they form an aside to the main argument.

⁸tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁹tn Grk “having.”

¹⁰sn A golden censer was a bowl in which incense was burned. The imagery suggests the OT role of the priest.

¹¹tn The verb “to station” was used to translate ἑστάθη (Jestaqh) because it connotes the idea of purposeful arrangement in English, which seems to be the idea in the Greek.

¹²tn 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.

¹³tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate that this remark is virtually parenthetical.

¹⁴tn Grk “its”; the referent (the dragon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

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

¹⁷tn On ὅρμημα ({ormhma) BDAG 724 s.v. states, “violent rush, onset ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλών Babylon will be thrown down with violence Rv 18:21.” L&N 68.82 refers to the suddenness of the force or violence.

¹⁸sn Thrown down is a play on both the words and the action. The angel’s action with the stone illustrates the kind of sudden violent force with which the city will be overthrown.

¹⁹tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present here.

²⁰tn On the elliptical expression ὅρα μή ({ora mh) BDAG 720 s.v. ὁράω B.2 states: “Elliptically…ὅρα μή (sc. ποιήσῃς) watch out! don’t do that! Rv 19:10; 22:9.”

²¹tn Grk “fellow slave.” Though σύνδουλος (sundoulos) is here 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.

²²tn Grk “keep” (an idiom for obedience).