Discovery BoxRevelation 10:4 
Context10:4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but 1 just then 2 I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down.”
Revelation 10:8
Context10:8 Then 3 the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak 4 to me 5 again, 6 “Go and take the open 7 scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
2 tn The words “just then” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
4 tn The participle λαλοῦσαν (lalousan) has been translated as “began to speak.” The use of πάλιν (palin) indicates an ingressive idea.
5 tn Grk “with me.” The translation “with me” implies that John was engaged in a dialogue with the one speaking to him (e.g., Jesus or an angel) when in reality it was a one-sided conversation, with John doing all the listening. For this reason, μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ (met’ emou, “with me”) was translated as “to me.”
6 tn Grk “again, saying.” The participle λέγουσαν (legousan) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
7 tn The perfect passive participle ἠνεῳγμένον (hnewgmenon) is in second attributive position and has been translated as an attributive adjective.
