Revelation 14:15-17

14:15 Then 1  another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Use 2  your sickle and start to reap, 3  because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!” 14:16 So 4  the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

14:17 Then 5  another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

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

2 tn Grk “Send out.”

3 tn The aorist θέρισον (qerison) has been translated ingressively.

4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s directions.

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