Discovery BoxRevelation 3:8 
Context3:8 ‘I know your deeds. (Look! I have put 1 in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) 2 I know 3 that you have little strength, 4 but 5 you have obeyed 6 my word and have not denied my name.
Revelation 5:5
Context5:5 Then 7 one of the elders said 8 to me, “Stop weeping! 9 Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; 10 thus he can open 11 the scroll and its seven seals.”
Revelation 10:8
Context10:8 Then 12 the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak 13 to me 14 again, 15 “Go and take the open 16 scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
1 tn Grk “I have given.”
2 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.
3 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.”
4 tn Or “little power.”
5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
6 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.
7 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
8 tn Grk “says” (a historical present).
9 tn The present imperative with μή (mh) is used here to command cessation of an action in progress (ExSyn 724 lists this verse as an example).
10 tn Or “has been victorious”; traditionally, “has overcome.”
11 tn The infinitive has been translated as an infinitive of result here.
12 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
13 tn The participle λαλοῦσαν (lalousan) has been translated as “began to speak.” The use of πάλιν (palin) indicates an ingressive idea.
14 tn Grk “with me.” The translation “with me” implies that John was engaged in a dialogue with the one speaking to him (e.g., Jesus or an angel) when in reality it was a one-sided conversation, with John doing all the listening. For this reason, μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ (met’ emou, “with me”) was translated as “to me.”
15 tn Grk “again, saying.” The participle λέγουσαν (legousan) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
16 tn The perfect passive participle ἠνεῳγμένον (hnewgmenon) is in second attributive position and has been translated as an attributive adjective.
