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Revelation 7:11

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7:11 And all the angels stood 1  there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground 2  before the throne and worshiped God,

Revelation 11:11

Context
11:11 But 3  after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized 4  those who were watching them.

Revelation 18:17

Context

18:17 because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” 5 

And every ship’s captain, 6  and all who sail along the coast 7  – seamen, and all who 8  make their living from the sea, stood a long way off

1 tn The verb is pluperfect, but the force is simple past. See ExSyn 586.

2 tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” 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.”

3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

4 tn Grk “fell upon.”

5 tn On ἠρημώθη (hrhmwqh) L&N 20.41 states, “to suffer destruction, with the implication of being deserted and abandoned – ‘to be destroyed, to suffer destruction, to suffer desolation.’ ἐρημόομαι: μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἠρημώθη ὁ τοσοῦτος πλοῦτος ‘such great wealth has been destroyed within a single hour’ Re 18:17.”

6 tn On κυβερνήτης (kubernhth") BDAG 574 s.v. 1 states, “one who is responsible for the management of a ship, shipmaster, lit. Rv 18:17.”

7 tn Or perhaps, “everyone who sails as a passenger.” On πλέων (plewn) BDAG 825 s.v. πλέω states, “πᾶς ὁ ἐπὶ τόπον πλέων everyone who sails to a place = seafarer, sea travelerRv 18:17. The vv.ll.…have led to various interpretations. Some render: everyone who sails along the coast…See EbNestle, Einführung in das Griech. NT 1909, 182; AFridrichsen, K. Hum. Vetensk.-Samf. i Upps. Årsb. ’43, 31 note ὁ ἐπίτοπον πλέων=one who sails occasionally, a passenger. – S. also IHeikel, StKr 106, ’34/’35, 317).”

8 tn Grk “and as many as.”



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