Discovery BoxRevelation 2:11 
Context2:11 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers 1 will in no way be harmed by the second death.’
Revelation 3:8
Context3:8 ‘I know your deeds. (Look! I have put 2 in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) 3 I know 4 that you have little strength, 5 but 6 you have obeyed 7 my word and have not denied my name.
Revelation 7:1
Context7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.
Revelation 10:6
Context10:6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay! 8
Revelation 14:11
Context14:11 And the smoke from their 9 torture will go up 10 forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have 11 no rest day or night, along with 12 anyone who receives the mark of his name.”
Revelation 15:8
Context15:8 and the temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from his power. Thus 13 no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues from the seven angels were completed.
Revelation 18:7
Context18:7 As much as 14 she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, 15 to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, 16 ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’
Revelation 20:11
Context20:11 Then 17 I saw a large 18 white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven 19 fled 20 from his presence, and no place was found for them.
Revelation 22:5
Context22:5 Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
1 tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”
2 tn Grk “I have given.”
3 tn Grk “to shut it,” but English would leave the direct object understood in this case.
sn The entire statement is parenthetical, interrupting the construction found in other letters to the churches in 3:1 and 3:15, “I know your deeds, that…” where an enumeration of the deeds follows.
4 tn This translation is based on connecting the ὅτι (Joti) clause with the οἶδα (oida) at the beginning of the verse, giving the content of what is known (see also 3:1, 3:15 for parallels). Because of the intervening clause that is virtually parenthetical (see the note on the word “shut” earlier in this verse), the words “I know that” from the beginning of the verse had to be repeated to make this connection clear for the English reader. However, the ὅτι could be understood as introducing a causal subordinate clause instead and thus translated, “because you have.”
5 tn Or “little power.”
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
7 tn Grk “and having kept.” The participle ἐτήρησας (ethrhsas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. For the translation of τηρέω (threw) as “obey” see L&N 36.19. This is the same word that is used in 3:10 (there translated “kept”) where there is a play on words.
8 tn On this phrase see BDAG 1092 s.v. χρόνος.
9 tn The Greek pronoun is plural here even though the verbs in the previous verse are singular.
10 tn The present tense ἀναβαίνει (anabainei) has been translated as a futuristic present (ExSyn 535-36). This is also consistent with the future passive βασανισθήσεται (basanisqhsetai) in v. 10.
11 tn The present tense ἔχουσιν (ecousin) has been translated as a futuristic present to keep the English tense consistent with the previous verb (see note on “will go up” earlier in this verse).
12 tn Grk “and.”
13 tn Grk “power, and no one.” A new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the temple being filled with smoke.
14 tn “As much as” is the translation of ὅσα (Josa).
15 tn On the term ἐστρηνίασεν (estrhniasen) BDAG 949 s.v. στρηνιάω states, “live in luxury, live sensually Rv 18:7. W. πορνεύειν vs. 9.”
16 tn Grk “said in her heart,” an idiom for saying something to oneself.
17 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
18 tn Traditionally, “great,” but μέγας (megas) here refers to size rather than importance.
19 tn Or “and the sky.” The same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky,” and context usually determines which is meant. In this apocalyptic scene, however, it is difficult to be sure what referent to assign the term.
20 tn Or “vanished.”
sn The phrase the earth and the heaven fled from his presence can be understood (1) as visual imagery representing the fear of corruptible matter in the presence of God, but (2) it can also be understood more literally as the dissolution of the universe as we know it in preparation for the appearance of the new heaven and new earth (Rev 21:1).
