Discovery BoxRevelation 3:4 
Context3:4 But you have a few individuals 1 in Sardis who have not stained 2 their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed 3 in white, because they are worthy.
Revelation 5:2
Context5:2 And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”
Revelation 5:4
Context5:4 So 4 I began weeping bitterly 5 because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.
1 tn Grk “a few names”; here ὄνομα (onoma) is used by figurative extension to mean “person” or “people”; according to L&N 9.19 there is “the possible implication of existence or relevance as individuals.”
2 tn Or “soiled” (so NAB, NRSV, NIV); NCV “have kept their clothes unstained”; CEV “have not dirtied your clothes with sin.”
3 tn The word “dressed” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of no one being found worthy to open the scroll.
5 tn Grk “much.”
