Discovery BoxRevelation 3:3 
Context3:3 Therefore, remember what you received and heard, 1 and obey it, 2 and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never 3 know at what hour I will come against 4 you.
Revelation 13:12
Context13:12 He 5 exercised all the ruling authority 6 of the first beast on his behalf, 7 and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed.
1 tn The expression πῶς εἴληφας καὶ ἤκουσας (pw" eilhfa" kai hkousa") probably refers to the initial instruction in the Christian life they had received and been taught; this included doctrine and ethical teaching.
2 tn Grk “keep it,” in the sense of obeying what they had initially been taught.
3 tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh, the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek).
4 tn Or “come on.”
5 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
6 tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.
7 tn For this meaning see BDAG 342 s.v. ἐνώπιον 4.b, “by the authority of, on behalf of Rv 13:12, 14; 19:20.”
