Revelation 5:11

5:11 Then 1  I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their 2  number was ten thousand times ten thousand 3  – thousands times thousands –

Revelation 7:4

7:4 Now 4  I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, 5  one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all 6  the tribes of the people of Israel: 7 

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

2 tn Grk “elders, and the number of them was.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

3 tn Or “myriads of myriads.” Although μυριάς (murias) literally means “10,000,” the point of the combination here may simply be to indicate an incalculably huge number. See L&N 60.9.

4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of new but related material.

5 tn Grk “who were sealed.”

6 tn Normally, “every,” but since 144,000 is the total number, “all” is clearer here.

7 tn Grk “the sons of Israel,” normally an idiom for the Israelites as an ethnic entity (L&N 11.58). However, many scholars understand the expression in this context to refer to Christians rather than ethnic Israelites.