Discovery BoxRevelation 4:1 
Context4:1 After these things I looked, and there was 1 a door standing open in heaven! 2 And the first voice I had heard speaking to me 3 like a trumpet 4 said: “Come up here so that 5 I can show you what must happen after these things.”
Revelation 10:9
Context10:9 So 6 I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He 7 said to me, “Take the scroll 8 and eat it. It 9 will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
Revelation 18:21
Context18:21 Then 10 one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,
“With this kind of sudden violent force 11
Babylon the great city will be thrown down 12
and it will never be found again!
Revelation 19:10
Context19:10 So 13 I threw myself down 14 at his feet to worship him, but 15 he said, “Do not do this! 16 I am only 17 a fellow servant 18 with you and your brothers 19 who hold to the testimony about 20 Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Revelation 21:6
Context21:6 He also said to me, “It is done! 21 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water 22 free of charge 23 from the spring of the water of life.
1 tn Grk “and behold.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) at the beginning of this statement has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
2 tn Or “in the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
3 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.”
4 sn The phrase speaking to me like a trumpet refers back to Rev 1:10.
5 tn The conjunction καί (kai), much like the vav-consecutive in Hebrew, appears to be introducing a final/purpose clause here rather than a coordinate clause.
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the instructions given by the voice.
7 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
8 tn The words “the scroll” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
9 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
10 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
11 tn On ὅρμημα ({ormhma) BDAG 724 s.v. states, “violent rush, onset ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλών Babylon will be thrown down with violence Rv 18:21.” L&N 68.82 refers to the suddenness of the force or violence.
12 sn Thrown down is a play on both the words and the action. The angel’s action with the stone illustrates the kind of sudden violent force with which the city will be overthrown.
13 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s announcement.
14 tn Grk “I fell down at his feet.” 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.”
15 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
16 tn On the elliptical expression ὅρα μή (Jora mh) BDAG 720 s.v. ὁράω B.2 states: “Elliptically…ὅρα μή (sc. ποιήσῃς) watch out! don’t do that! Rv 19:10; 22:9.”
17 tn The lowliness of a slave is emphasized in the Greek text with the emphatic position of σύνδουλος (sundoulo"). The use of “only” helps to bring this nuance out in English.
18 tn Grk “fellow slave.” See the note on the word “servants” in v. 2.
19 tn The Greek term “brother” literally refers to family relationships, but here it is used in a broader sense to connote familial relationships within the family of God (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a).
20 tn The genitive ᾿Ιησοῦ (Ihsou) has been translated as an objective genitive here. A subjective genitive, also possible, would produce the meaning “who hold to what Jesus testifies.”
21 tn Or “It has happened.”
22 tn The word “water” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
23 tn Or “as a free gift” (see L&N 57.85).
