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 7:14

7:14 So ³  I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” ⁴  Then ⁵  he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They ⁶  have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

Revelation 9:20

9:20 The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made ⁷  of gold, silver, ⁸  bronze, stone, and wood – idols that cannot see or hear or walk about.

Revelation 11:6

11:6 These two have the power ⁹  to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time ¹⁰  they are prophesying. They ¹¹  have power ¹²  to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want.

Revelation 20:3-4

20:3 The angel ¹³  then ¹⁴  threw him into the abyss and locked ¹⁵  and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)

20:4 Then ¹⁶  I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. ¹⁷  I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These ¹⁸  had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They ¹⁹  came to life ²⁰  and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

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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 “so” to indicate the implied result of the previous question.

⁴ 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.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

⁶ 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.

⁷ tn The word “made” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

⁸ tn The Greek conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here or before the following materials in this list, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

⁹ tn Or “authority.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “the days.”

¹¹ 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.

¹² tn Or “authority.”

¹³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel introduced in v. 1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹⁵ tn Or “and shut.” While the lexical force of the term is closer to “shut,” it is acceptable to render the verb ἔκλεισεν (ekleisen) as “locked” here in view of the mention of the key in the previous verse.

¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

¹⁷ tn Grk “I saw thrones, and those seated on them, and judgment was given to them.” BDAG 567 s.v. κρίμα 3 says, “judging, judgment, the κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς authority to judge was given to them Rv 20:4.”

¹⁸ tn Grk “God, and who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “these” as subject.

¹⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

²⁰ tn On the use of the aorist ἔζησαν (ezhsan) BDAG 425 s.v. ζάω 1.a.β says, “of dead persons who return to life become alive again: of humans in general (3 Km 17:23) Mt 9:18; Ac 9:41; 20:12; Rv 20:4, 5.”