Revelation 15:8--16:1

15:8 and the temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from his power. Thus no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues from the seven angels were completed.

The Bowls of God’s Wrath

16:1 Then 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.”


tn Grk “power, and no one.” A new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the temple being filled with smoke.

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

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