Discovery BoxRevelation 11:15-17 
Context11:15 Then 1 the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:
“The kingdom of the world
has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Christ, 2
and he will reign for ever and ever.”
11:16 Then 3 the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground 4 and worshiped God 11:17 with these words: 5
“We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, 6
the one who is and who was,
because you have taken your great power
and begun to reign. 7
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
2 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
4 tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”
5 tn Grk “saying.”
6 tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”
7 tn The aorist verb ἐβασίλευσας (ebasileusa") has been translated ingressively.
