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 6:4
Context6:4 And another horse, fiery red, 3 came out, and the one who rode it 4 was granted permission 5 to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher 6 one another, and he was given a huge sword.
Revelation 19:15
Context19:15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. 7 He 8 will rule 9 them with an iron rod, 10 and he stomps the winepress 11 of the furious 12 wrath of God, the All-Powerful. 13
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 L&N 79.31 states, “‘fiery red’ (probably with a tinge of yellow or orange).”
4 tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”
5 tn The word “permission” is implied; Grk “it was given to him to take peace from the earth.”
6 tn BDAG 979 s.v. σφάζω states, “Of the killing of a person by violence…σφάζειν τινά butcher or murder someone (4 Km 10:7; Jer 52:10; Manetho: 609 fgm. 8, 76 Jac. [in Jos., C. Ap. 1, 76]; Demetr.[?]: 722 fgm. 7; Ar. 10, 9) 1J 3:12; Rv 6:4. Pass. (Hdt. 5, 5) 5:9; 6:9; 18:24.”
7 tn Or “the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).
8 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
9 tn Grk “will shepherd.”
10 tn Or “scepter.” The Greek term ῥάβδος (rJabdo") can mean either “rod” or “scepter.”
sn A quotation from Ps 2:9 (see also Rev 2:27, 12:5).
11 sn He stomps the winepress. See Isa 63:3, where Messiah does this alone (usually several individuals would join in the process), and Rev 14:20.
12 tn The genitive θυμοῦ (qumou) has been translated as an attributed genitive. Following BDAG 461 s.v. θυμός 2, the combination of the genitives of θυμός (qumos) and ὀργή (orgh) in Rev 16:19 and 19:15 are taken to be a strengthening of the thought as in the OT and Qumran literature (Exod 32:12; Jer 32:37; Lam 2:3; CD 10:9).
13 tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”
