Revelation 7:14

7:14 So ¹  I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” ²  Then ³  he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They ⁴  have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

Revelation 11:18

11:18 The ⁵  nations ⁶  were enraged,

but ⁷  your wrath has come,

and the time has come for the dead to be judged,

and the time has come to give to your servants, ⁸ 

the prophets, their reward,

as well as to the saints

and to those who revere ⁹  your name, both small and great,

and the time has come ¹⁰  to destroy those who destroy ¹¹  the earth.”

Revelation 13:2

13:2 Now ¹²  the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The ¹³  dragon gave the beast ¹⁴  his power, his throne, and great authority to rule. ¹⁵ 

Revelation 18:19

18:19 And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, ¹⁶ 

“Woe, Woe, O great city –

in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth –

because in a single hour she has been destroyed!” ¹⁷ 

Revelation 18:21

18:21 Then ¹⁸  one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,

“With this kind of sudden violent force ¹⁹ 

Babylon the great city will be thrown down ²⁰ 

and it will never be found again!

Revelation 19:18

19:18 to eat ²¹  your fill ²²  of the flesh of kings,

the flesh of generals, ²³ 

the flesh of powerful people,

the flesh of horses and those who ride them,

and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, ²⁴ 

and small and great!”

Revelation 20:12

20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then ²⁵  books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. ²⁶  So ²⁷  the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. ²⁸ 

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the previous question.

² tn Though the expression “the answer” is not in the Greek text, it is clearly implied. Direct objects in Greek were frequently omitted when clear from the context.

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

⁴ 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.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁶ tn Or “The Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁸ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

⁹ tn Grk “who fear.”

¹⁰ tn The words “the time has come” do not occur except at the beginning of the verse; the phrase has been repeated for emphasis and contrast. The Greek has one finite verb (“has come”) with a compound subject (“your wrath,” “the time”), followed by three infinitive clauses (“to be judged,” “to give,” “to destroy”). The rhetorical power of the repetition of the finite verb in English thus emulates the rhetorical power of its lone instance in Greek.

¹¹ tn Or “who deprave.” There is a possible wordplay here on two meanings for διαφθείρω (diafqeirw), with the first meaning “destroy” and the second meaning either “to ruin” or “to make morally corrupt.” See L&N 20.40.

¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the parenthetical nature of the following description of the beast.

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹⁴ tn Grk “gave it”; the referent (the beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn For the translation “authority to rule” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

¹⁶ tn Grk “with weeping and mourning, saying.” Here the participle λέγοντες (legontes) has not been translated because it is redundant in contemporary English.

¹⁷ tn On ἡρημώθη (Jhrhmwqh) L&N 20.41 states, “to suffer destruction, with the implication of being deserted and abandoned – ‘to be destroyed, to suffer destruction, to suffer desolation.’ ἐρημόομαι: μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἠρημώθη ὁ τοσοῦτος πλοῦτος ‘such great wealth has been destroyed within a single hour’ Re 18:17.”

¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

¹⁹ tn On ὅρμημα ({ormhma) BDAG 724 s.v. states, “violent rush, onset ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλών Babylon will be thrown down with violence Rv 18:21.” L&N 68.82 refers to the suddenness of the force or violence.

²⁰ sn Thrown down is a play on both the words and the action. The angel’s action with the stone illustrates the kind of sudden violent force with which the city will be overthrown.

²¹ tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause, insofar as it is related to the first imperative, has the force of an imperative.

²² tn The idea of eating “your fill” is evident in the context with the use of χορτάζω (cortazw) in v. 21.

²³ tn Grk “chiliarchs”; normally a chiliarch was a military officer commanding a thousand soldiers, but here probably used of higher-ranking commanders like generals (see L&N 55.15; cf. Rev 6:15).

²⁴ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

²⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

²⁶ tn Grk “another book was opened, which is of life.”

²⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the books being opened.

²⁸ tn Grk “from the things written in the books according to their works.”