Revelation 3:4

3:4 But you have a few individuals ¹  in Sardis who have not stained ²  their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed ³  in white, because they are worthy.

Revelation 9:9

9:9 They had breastplates ⁴  like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle.

Revelation 9:18

9:18 A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is, ⁵  by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths.

Revelation 10:3

10:3 Then ⁶  he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

Revelation 11:7

11:7 When ⁷  they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer ⁸  them and kill them.

Revelation 14:12

14:12 This requires ⁹  the steadfast endurance ¹⁰  of the saints – those who obey ¹¹  God’s commandments and hold to ¹²  their faith in Jesus. ¹³ 

Revelation 15:6

15:6 and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, dressed in clean bright linen, wearing wide golden belts ¹⁴  around their chests.

Revelation 19:21

19:21 The ¹⁵  others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged ¹⁶  themselves with their flesh.

Revelation 22:14

22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access ¹⁷  to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.

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¹ tn Grk “a few names”; here ὄνομα (onoma) is used by figurative extension to mean “person” or “people”; according to L&N 9.19 there is “the possible implication of existence or relevance as individuals.”

² tn Or “soiled” (so NAB, NRSV, NIV); NCV “have kept their clothes unstained”; CEV “have not dirtied your clothes with sin.”

³ tn The word “dressed” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

⁴ tn Or perhaps, “scales like iron breastplates” (RSV, NRSV) although the Greek term θώραξ (qwrax) would have to shift its meaning within the clause, and elsewhere in biblical usage (e.g., Eph 6:14; 1 Thess 5:8) it normally means “breastplate.” See also L&N 8.38.

⁵ tn The phrase ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τοῦ καπνοῦ καὶ τοῦ θείου τοῦ ἐκπορευομένου ἐκ τῶν στομάτων αὐτῶν (“by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths”) is taken as epexegetical (explanatory) to the phrase τῶν τριῶν πληγῶν τούτων (“these three plagues”).

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁸ tn Or “be victorious over”; traditionally, “overcome.”

⁹ tn Grk “Here is.”

¹⁰ tn Or “the perseverance.”

¹¹ tn Grk “who keep.”

¹² tn The words “hold to” are implied as a repetition of the participle translated “keep” (οἱ τηροῦντες, Joi throunte").

¹³ tn Grk “faith of Jesus.” The construction may mean either “faith in Jesus” or “faithful to Jesus.” Either translation implies that ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou) is to be taken as an objective genitive; the difference is more lexical than grammatical because πίστις (pistis) can mean either “faith” or “faithfulness.”

¹⁴ tn Or “wide golden sashes,” but these would not be diagonal, as some modern sashes are, but horizontal. The Greek term can refer to a wide band of cloth or leather worn on the outside of one’s clothing (L&N 6.178).

¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁶ tn On the translation of ἐχορτάσθησαν (ecortasqhsan) BDAG 1087 s.v. χορτάζω 1.a states, “of animals, pass. in act. sense πάντα τὰ ὄρνεα ἐχορτάσθησαν ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτῶν all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh Rv 19:21 (cp. TestJud. 21:8).”

¹⁷ tn Grk “so that there will be to them authority over the tree of life.”