Discovery BoxRevelation 1:9 
Context1:9 I, John, your brother and the one who shares 1 with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that 2 are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus. 3
Revelation 3:1
Context3:1 “To 4 the angel of the church in Sardis write the following: 5
“This is the solemn pronouncement of 6 the one who holds 7 the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a reputation 8 that you are alive, but 9 in reality 10 you are dead.
1 tn The translation attempts to bring out the verbal idea in συγκοινωνός (sunkoinwno", “co-sharer”); John was suffering for his faith at the time he wrote this.
2 tn The prepositional phrase ἐν ᾿Ιησοῦ (en Ihsou) could be taken with ὑπομονῇ (Jupomonh) as the translation does or with the more distant συγκοινωνός (sunkoinwno"), in which case the translation would read “your brother and the one who shares with you in Jesus in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance.”
3 tn The phrase “about Jesus” has been translated as an objective genitive.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated due to differences between Greek and English style.
5 tn The phrase “the following” after “write” is supplied to clarify that what follows is the content of what is to be written.
6 tn Grk “These things says [the One]…” See the note on the phrase “this is the solemn pronouncement of” in 2:1.
sn The expression This is the solemn pronouncement of reflects an OT idiom. See the note on this phrase in 2:1.
7 tn Grk “who has” (cf. 1:16).
8 tn Grk “a name.”
9 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
10 tn The prepositional phrase “in reality” is supplied in the translation to make explicit the idea that their being alive was only an illusion.
