Revelation 10:2

10:2 He held ¹  in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.

Revelation 10:8-11

10:8 Then ²  the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak ³  to me ⁴  again, ⁵  “Go and take the open ⁶  scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 10:9 So ⁷  I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He ⁸  said to me, “Take the scroll ⁹  and eat it. It ¹⁰  will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.” 10:10 So ¹¹  I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste ¹²  as sweet as honey in my mouth, but ¹³  when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter. 10:11 Then ¹⁴  they ¹⁵  told me: “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, ¹⁶  languages, and kings.”

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¹ tn Grk “and having.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he.”

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

³ tn The participle λαλοῦσαν (lalousan) has been translated as “began to speak.” The use of πάλιν (palin) indicates an ingressive idea.

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 “again, saying.” The participle λέγουσαν (legousan) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

⁶ tn The perfect passive participle ἠνεῳγμένον (hnewgmenon) is in second attributive position and has been translated as an attributive adjective.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the instructions given by the voice.

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

⁹ tn The words “the scroll” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the instructions given by the angel.

¹² tn Grk “it was.” The idea of taste is implied.

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

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

¹⁵ tn The referent of “they” is not clear in the Greek text.

¹⁶ tn Grk “and nations,” but καί (kai) has not been translated here or before the next item since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.