Revelation 3:21

3:21 I will grant the one ¹  who conquers ²  permission ³  to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered ⁴  and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 6:4

6:4 And another horse, fiery red, ⁵  came out, and the one who rode it ⁶  was granted permission ⁷  to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher ⁸  one another, and he was given a huge sword.

Revelation 7:2

7:2 Then ⁹  I saw another angel ascending from the east, ¹⁰  who had ¹¹  the seal ¹²  of the living God. He ¹³  shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission ¹⁴  to damage the earth and the sea: ¹⁵ 

Revelation 9:5

9:5 The locusts ¹⁶  were not given permission ¹⁷  to kill ¹⁸  them, but only to torture ¹⁹  them ²⁰  for five months, and their torture was like that ²¹  of a scorpion when it stings a person. ²² 

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¹ tn Grk “The one who conquers, to him I will grant.”

² tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

³ tn Grk “I will give [grant] to him.”

⁴ tn Or “have been victorious”; traditionally, “have overcome.”

⁵ tn L&N 79.31 states, “‘fiery red’ (probably with a tinge of yellow or orange).”

⁶ tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”

⁷ tn The word “permission” is implied; Grk “it was given to him to take peace from the earth.”

⁸ tn BDAG 979 s.v. σφάζω states, “Of the killing of a person by violence…σφάζειν τινά butcher or murder someone (4 Km 10:7; Jer 52:10; Manetho: 609 fgm. 8, 76 Jac. [in Jos., C. Ap. 1, 76]; Demetr.[?]: 722 fgm. 7; Ar. 10, 9) 1J 3:12; Rv 6:4. Pass. (Hdt. 5, 5) 5:9; 6:9; 18:24.”

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹⁰ tn Grk “from the rising of the sun.” BDAG 74 s.v. ἀνατολή 2.a takes this as a geographical direction: “ἀπὸ ἀ. ἡλίου…from the east Rv 7:2; 16:12…simply ἀπὸ ἀ. …21:13.”

¹¹ tn Grk “having,” but v. 3 makes it clear that the angel’s purpose is to seal others with the seal he carries.

¹² tn Or “signet” (L&N 6.54).

¹³ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁴ tn The word “permission” is implied; Grk “to whom it was given to them to damage the earth.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

¹⁶ tn Grk “It was not permitted to them”; the referent (the locusts) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷ tn The word “permission” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

¹⁸ tn The two ἵνα (Jina) clauses of 9:5 are understood to be functioning as epexegetical or complementary clauses related to ἐδόθη (edoqh).

¹⁹ tn On this term BDAG 168 s.v. βασανισμός states, “1. infliction of severe suffering or pain associated with torture or torment, tormenting, torture Rv 9:5b. – 2. the severe pain experienced through torture, torment vs. 5a; 14:11; 18:10, 15; (w. πένθος) vs. 7.”

²⁰ tn The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text but is picked up from the previous clause.

²¹ tn Grk “like the torture,” but this is redundant in contemporary English.

²² tn Grk “a man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in an individualized sense without being limited to the male gender.