Discovery BoxRevelation 5:5 
Context5:5 Then 1 one of the elders said 2 to me, “Stop weeping! 3 Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; 4 thus he can open 5 the scroll and its seven seals.”
Revelation 5:11
Context5:11 Then 6 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 7 number was ten thousand times ten thousand 8 – thousands times thousands –
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
2 tn Grk “says” (a historical present).
3 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).
4 tn Or “has been victorious”; traditionally, “has overcome.”
5 tn The infinitive has been translated as an infinitive of result here.
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
7 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.
8 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.
