Revelation 14:1

An Interlude: The Song of the 144,000

14:1 Then ¹  I looked, and here was ²  the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

Revelation 14:4

14:4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves ³  with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,

Revelation 14:10

14:10 that person ⁴  will also drink of the wine of God’s anger ⁵  that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur ⁶  in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb.

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

² tn The phrase “and here was” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

³ tn The aorist passive verb is rendered as a reflexive (“defiled themselves”) by BDAG 657 s.v. μολύνω 2.

⁴ tn Grk “he himself.”

⁵ tn The Greek word for “anger” here is θυμός (qumos), a wordplay on the “passion” (θυμός) of the personified city of Babylon in 14:8.

⁶ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”