Revelation 2:23

2:23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers ¹  with a deadly disease, ²  and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay ³  each one of you ⁴  what your deeds deserve. ⁵ 

Revelation 18:8

18:8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues ⁶  in a single day: disease, ⁷  mourning, ⁸  and famine, and she will be burned down ⁹  with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”

Revelation 6:8

6:8 So ¹⁰  I looked ¹¹  and here came ¹²  a pale green ¹³  horse! The ¹⁴  name of the one who rode it ¹⁵  was Death, and Hades followed right behind. ¹⁶  They ¹⁷  were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, ¹⁸  famine, and disease, ¹⁹  and by the wild animals of the earth.

---

¹ tn Grk “her children,” but in this context a reference to this woman’s followers or disciples is more likely meant.

² tn Grk “I will kill with death.” θάνατος (qanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).

³ tn Grk “I will give.” The sense of δίδωμι (didwmi) in this context is more “repay” than “give.”

⁴ sn This pronoun and the following one are plural in the Greek text.

⁵ tn Grk “each one of you according to your works.”

⁶ tn Grk “For this reason, her plagues will come.”

⁷ tn Grk “death.” θάνατος (qanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).

⁸ tn This is the same Greek word (πένθος, penqo") translated “grief” in vv. 7-8.

⁹ tn Here “burned down” was used to translate κατακαυθήσεται (katakauqhsetai) because a city is in view.

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the summons by the fourth creature.

¹¹ tc The reading “and I looked” (καὶ εἶδον, kai eidon) or some slight variation (e.g., ἶδον, idon) has excellent ms support ({א A C P 1611}) and its omission seems to have come through the mss that have already placed “and look” (καὶ ἴδε or καὶ βλέπε [kai ide or kai blepe]) after the verb “come” (ἔρχου, ercou) in 6:1. Thus, for these copyists it was redundant to add “and I looked” again.

¹² tn The phrase “and here came” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

¹³ tn A sickly pallor, when referring to persons, or the green color of plants. BDAG 1085 s.v. χλωρός 2 states, “pale, greenish gray…as the color of a pers. in sickness contrasted with appearance in health…so the horse ridden by Death…ἵππος χλωρός Rv 6:8.” Because the color of the horse is symbolic, “pale green” is used in the translation. Cf. NIV, NCV “pale”; NASB “ashen.”

¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁵ tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”

¹⁶ tn Grk “And Hades was following with him.” The Greek expression μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ (met’ autou, “with him”) is Semitic and indicates close proximity. The translation “followed right behind” reflects this.

¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁹ tn Grk “with death.” θάνατος (qanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).