Discovery BoxRevelation 1:10 
Context1:10 I was in the Spirit 1 on the Lord’s Day 2 when 3 I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
Revelation 21:10
Context21:10 So 4 he took me away in the Spirit 5 to a huge, majestic mountain 6 and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.
1 tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).
2 tn Concerning the phrase κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ (kuriakh Jhmera) BDAG 576 s.v. κυριακός states: “pert. to belonging to the Lord, the Lord’s…κ. ἡμέρᾳ the Lord’s day (Kephal. I 192, 1; 193, 31…) i.e. certainly Sunday (so in Mod. Gk….) Rv 1:10 (WStott, NTS 12, ’65, 70-75).”
3 tn The conjunction καί (kai) is not introducing a coordinate thought, but one that is logically subordinate to the main verb ἐγενόμην (egenomhn).
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s invitation.
5 tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).
6 tn Grk “to a mountain great and high.”
