Discovery BoxRevelation 14:15-17 
Context14:15 Then 1 another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Use 2 your sickle and start to reap, 3 because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!” 14:16 So 4 the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
14:17 Then 5 another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
2 tn Grk “Send out.”
3 tn The aorist θέρισον (qerison) has been translated ingressively.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s directions.
5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
