Revelation 7:9

7:9 After these things I looked, and here was ¹  an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, ²  people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

Revelation 20:12

20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then ³  books were opened, and another book was opened – the book of life. ⁴  So ⁵  the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. ⁶ 

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¹ tn The phrase “and here was” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated before each of the following categories, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

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

⁴ tn Grk “another book was opened, which is of life.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the books being opened.

⁶ tn Grk “from the things written in the books according to their works.”