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

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the summons by the third creature.

⁵ tc The reading “and I looked” (καὶ εἶδον, kai eidon) or some slight variation (e.g., ἶδον, idon) has excellent ms support ({א A C P 1611}) and its omission seems to have come through the mss that have already placed “and look” (καὶ ἴδε or καὶ βλέπε [kai ide or kai blepe]) after the verb “come” (ἔρχου, ercou) in 6:1. Thus, for these copyists it was redundant to add “and I looked” again.

⁶ tn The phrase “and here came” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁸ tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”

⁹ sn A balance scale would have been a rod held by a rope in the middle with pans attached to both ends for measuring.