Discovery BoxRevelation 15:6 
Context15:6 and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, dressed in clean bright linen, wearing wide golden belts 1 around their chests.
Revelation 19:8
Context19:8 She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen” 2 (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints). 3
1 tn Or “wide golden sashes,” but these would not be diagonal, as some modern sashes are, but horizontal. The Greek term can refer to a wide band of cloth or leather worn on the outside of one’s clothing (L&N 6.178).
2 tn On the term translated “fine linen,” BDAG 185 s.v. βύσσινος states, “made of fine linen, subst. τὸ β. fine linen, linen garment…Rv 18:12…16; 19:8, 14.”
3 sn This phrase is treated as a parenthetical explanation by the author.
