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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 12:5

Context
12:5 So 3  the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, 4  who is going to rule 5  over all the nations 6  with an iron rod. 7  Her 8  child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,

Revelation 19:21

Context
19:21 The 9  others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged 10  themselves with their flesh.

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 “so” to indicate the conclusion of the anticipated birth.

4 tn On this term BDAG 135 s.v. ἄρσην states: “male…The neut. ἄρσεν Rv 12:5, difft. vs. 13, comes fr. Is 66:7 and is in apposition to υἱόν. On the juxtaposition s. FBoll, ZNW 15, 1914, 253; BOlsson, Glotta 23, ’34, 112.”

5 tn Grk “shepherd.”

6 tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

7 tn Or “scepter.” The Greek term ῥάβδος (rJabdo") can mean either “rod” or “scepter.”

sn An allusion to Ps 2:9 (see also Rev 2:27; 19:15).

8 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

9 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

10 tn On the translation of ἐχορτάσθησαν (ecortasqhsan) BDAG 1087 s.v. χορτάζω 1.a states, “of animals, pass. in act. sense πάντα τὰ ὄρνεα ἐχορτάσθησαν ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτῶν all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh Rv 19:21 (cp. TestJud. 21:8).”



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