Discovery BoxRevelation 1:6 
Context1:6 and has appointed 1 us as a kingdom, 2 as priests 3 serving his God and Father – to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! 4 Amen.
Revelation 7:12
Context7:12 saying,
“Amen! Praise and glory,
and wisdom and thanksgiving,
and honor and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
Revelation 9:3
Context9:3 Then 5 out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power 6 like that of the scorpions of the earth.
Revelation 9:19
Context9:19 For the power 7 of the horses resides 8 in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries.
Revelation 19:1
Context19:1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,
“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
Revelation 11:6
Context11:6 These two have the power 9 to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time 10 they are prophesying. They 11 have power 12 to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want.
1 tn The verb ποιέω (poiew) can indicate appointment or assignment rather than simply “make” or “do.” See Mark 3:14 (L&N 37.106).
2 tn See BDAG 168 s.v. βασιλεία 1.a for the idea of “he made us a kingdom,” which was translated as “he appointed us (to be or function) as a kingdom” (see the note on the word “appointed” earlier in the verse).
3 tn Grk “a kingdom, priests.” The term ἱερεῖς (Jiereis) is either in apposition to βασιλείαν (basileian) or as a second complement to the object “us” (ἡμᾶς, Jhmas). The translation retains this ambiguity.
4 tc Both the longer reading τῶν αἰώνων (twn aiwnwn, “to the ages of the ages” or, more idiomatically, “for ever and ever”; found in א C Ï) and the shorter (“for ever”; found in Ì18 A P 2050 pc bo) have good ms support. The author uses the longer expression (εἰς [τοὺς] αἰῶνας [τῶν] αἰώνων, ei" [tou"] aiwna" [twn] aiwnwn) in every other instance of αἰών in Revelation, twelve passages in all (1:18; 4:9, 10; 5:13; 7:12; 10:6; 11:15; 14:11; 15:7; 19:3; 20:10; 22:5). Thus, on the one hand, the style of the author is consistent, while on the other hand, the scribes may have been familiar with such a stylistic feature, causing them to add the words here. The issues are more complex than can be presented here; the longer reading, however, is probably original (the shorter reading arising from accidental omission of the genitive phrase due to similarity with the preceding words).
5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
6 tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”
7 tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”
8 tn Grk “is.”
9 tn Or “authority.”
10 tn Grk “the days.”
11 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
12 tn Or “authority.”
