1:9 I, John, your brother and the one who shares 1 with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that 2 are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus. 3
6:9 Now 4 when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed 5 because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.
12:11 But 6 they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives 7 so much that they were afraid to die.
1 tn The translation attempts to bring out the verbal idea in συγκοινωνός (sunkoinwno", “co-sharer”); John was suffering for his faith at the time he wrote this.
2 tn The prepositional phrase ἐν ᾿Ιησοῦ (en Ihsou) could be taken with ὑπομονῇ (Jupomonh) as the translation does or with the more distant συγκοινωνός (sunkoinwno"), in which case the translation would read “your brother and the one who shares with you in Jesus in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance.”
3 tn The phrase “about Jesus” has been translated as an objective genitive.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a new and somewhat different topic after the introduction of the four riders.
5 tn Or “murdered.” See the note on the word “butcher” in 6:4.
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.
7 sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25.