Revelation 9:14-15

9:14 saying to the sixth angel, the one holding ¹  the trumpet, “Set free ²  the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!” 9:15 Then ³  the four angels who had been prepared for this ⁴  hour, day, ⁵  month, and year were set free to kill ⁶  a third of humanity.

Revelation 13:16

13:16 He also caused ⁷  everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave ⁸ ) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.

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¹ tn Grk “having.”

² tn On λῦσον (luson) BDAG 606-7 s.v. λύω 2 states, “set free, loose, untie – a. lit. a pers., animal, or thing that is bound or tied…Angels that are bound Rv 9:14f.”

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

⁴ tn The Greek article τήν (thn) has been translated with demonstrative force here.

⁵ tn The Greek term καί (kai) has not been translated here and before the following term “month” since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

⁶ tn Grk “so that they might kill,” but the English infinitive is an equivalent construction to indicate purpose here.

⁷ tn Or “forced”; Grk “makes” (ποιεῖ, poiei).

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