Discovery BoxRevelation 1:17 
Context1:17 When 1 I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but 2 he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,
Revelation 11:9
Context11:9 For three and a half days those from every 3 people, tribe, 4 nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. 5
1 tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
2 tn Here the Greek conjunction καί (kai) has been translated as a contrastive (“but”) due to the contrast between the two clauses.
3 tn The word “every” is not in the Greek text, but is implied by the following list.
4 tn The Greek term καί (kai) has not been translated before this and the following items in the list, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
5 tn Or “to be buried.”
