Discovery BoxRevelation 1:16 
Context1:16 He held 1 seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His 2 face shone like the sun shining at full strength.
Revelation 1:20
Context1:20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: 3 The seven stars are the angels 4 of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
1 tn Grk “and having.” In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but because contemporary English style employs much shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he.”
2 tn This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.
3 tn The words “is this” are supplied to make a complete sentence in English.
4 tn Or perhaps “the messengers.”
