Discovery BoxRevelation 5:11 
Context5:11 Then 1 I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their 2 number was ten thousand times ten thousand 3 – thousands times thousands –
Revelation 7:4
Context7:4 Now 4 I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, 5 one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all 6 the tribes of the people of Israel: 7
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
2 tn Grk “elders, and the number of them was.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
3 tn Or “myriads of myriads.” Although μυριάς (murias) literally means “10,000,” the point of the combination here may simply be to indicate an incalculably huge number. See L&N 60.9.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of new but related material.
5 tn Grk “who were sealed.”
6 tn Normally, “every,” but since 144,000 is the total number, “all” is clearer here.
7 tn Grk “the sons of Israel,” normally an idiom for the Israelites as an ethnic entity (L&N 11.58). However, many scholars understand the expression in this context to refer to Christians rather than ethnic Israelites.
