Discovery BoxRevelation 2:9 
Context2:9 ‘I know the distress you are suffering 1 and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know 2 the slander against you 3 by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue 4 of Satan.
Revelation 4:10
Context4:10 the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground 5 before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns 6 before his 7 throne, saying:
Revelation 6:15
Context6:15 Then 8 the kings of the earth, the 9 very important people, the generals, 10 the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave 11 and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
Revelation 7:11
Context7:11 And all the angels stood 12 there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground 13 before the throne and worshiped God,
Revelation 14:4
Context14:4 These are the ones who have not defiled themselves 14 with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,
1 tn Or “know your suffering.” This could refer to suffering or distress caused by persecution (see L&N 22.2).
2 tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “I also know” to link this English sentence back to “I know” at the beginning of the verse.
3 tn The words “against you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
4 sn A synagogue was a place for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (e.g., Mt 4:23, Mk 1:21, Lk 4:15, Jn 6:59).
5 tn Grk “the twenty-four elders fall down.” 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.”
6 sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.
7 tn The pronoun “his” is understood from the demonstrative force of the article τοῦ (tou) before θρόνου (qronou).
8 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
9 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated; nor is it translated before each of the following categories, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
10 tn Grk “chiliarchs.” A chiliarch was normally a military officer commanding a thousand soldiers, but here probably used of higher-ranking commanders like generals (see L&N 55.15; cf. Rev 6:15).
11 tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.
12 tn The verb is pluperfect, but the force is simple past. See ExSyn 586.
13 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.”
14 tn The aorist passive verb is rendered as a reflexive (“defiled themselves”) by BDAG 657 s.v. μολύνω 2.
