Discovery BoxRevelation 4:7 
Context4:7 The 1 first living creature was like a lion, the 2 second creature like an ox, the third creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth creature looked like an eagle flying.
Revelation 1:15
Context1:15 His feet were like polished bronze 3 refined 4 in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar 5 of many waters.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 tn Both here and before the phrase “the third,” καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
3 tn The precise meaning of the term translated “polished bronze” (χαλκολιβάνῳ, calkolibanw), which appears nowhere else in Greek literature outside of the book of Revelation (see 2:18), is uncertain. Without question it is some sort of metal. BDAG 1076 s.v. χαλκολίβανον suggests “fine brass/bronze.” L&N 2.57 takes the word to refer to particularly valuable or fine bronze, but notes that the emphasis here and in Rev 2:18 is more on the lustrous quality of the metal.
4 tn Or “that has been heated in a furnace until it glows.”
5 tn Grk “sound,” but the idea is closer to the roar of a waterfall or rapids.
