Revelation 15:7

15:7 Then¹ one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath² of God who lives forever and ever,

Revelation 16:1

The Bowls of God’s Wrath

16:1 Then³ I heard a loud voice from the temple declaring to the seven angels: “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.”⁴

Revelation 17:1

The Great Prostitute and the Beast

17:1 Then⁵ one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me.⁶ “Come,” he said, “I will show you the condemnation and punishment⁷ of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,

Revelation 21:9

The New Jerusalem Descends

21:9 Then⁸ one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me,⁹ saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!”

Revelation 5:8

5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground¹⁰ before the Lamb. Each¹¹ of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).¹²

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

²tn Or “anger.”

³tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

⁴tn Or “anger.” Here τοῦ θυμοῦ (tou qumou) has been translated as a genitive of content.

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

⁶tn 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.”

⁷tn Here one Greek term, κρίμα (krima), has been translated by the two English terms “condemnation” and “punishment.” See BDAG 567 s.v. 4.b, “mostly in an unfavorable sense, of the condemnatory verdict and sometimes the subsequent punishment itself 2 Pt 2:3; Jd 4…τὸ κ. τῆς πόρνης the condemnation and punishment of the prostitute Rv 17:1.”

⁸tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

⁹tn 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.” See also v. 15.

¹⁰tn Grk “fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

¹¹tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹²sn This interpretive comment by the author forms a parenthesis in the narrative.