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Revelation 3:2

Context
3:2 Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about 1  to die, because I have not found your deeds complete 2  in the sight 3  of my God.

Revelation 9:6

Context
9:6 In 4  those days people 5  will seek death, but 6  will not be able to 7  find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.

1 tn The verb ἔμελλον (emellon) is in the imperfect tense.

2 tn The perfect passive participle has been translated as an intensive (resultative) perfect here.

3 tn Or “in the judgment.” BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνώπιον 3 states, “in the opinion/judgment of…As a rule…of θεός or κύριος; so after…πεπληρωμένος Rv 3:2.”

4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

5 tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here of both men and women.

6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

7 tn The phrase “not be able to” was used in the translation to emphasize the strong negation (οὐ μή, ou mh) in the Greek text.



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