Revelation 4:4

4:4 In ¹  a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were ²  dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns ³  on their heads.

Revelation 17:3

17:3 So ⁴  he carried me away in the Spirit ⁵  to a wilderness, ⁶  and there ⁷  I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:7

17:7 But ⁸  the angel said to me, “Why are you astounded? I will interpret ⁹  for you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were” to indicate the connection to the preceding material.

³ sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s invitation to witness the fate of the prostitute.

⁵ tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).

⁶ tn Or “desert.”

⁷ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁹ tn Grk “I will tell you,” but since what follows is the angel’s interpretation of the vision, “interpret for you” is the preferred translation here.