Discovery BoxRevelation 10:1-6 
Context10:1 Then 1 I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped 2 in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire. 3 10:2 He held 4 in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land. 10:3 Then 5 he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices. 10:4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but 6 just then 7 I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down.” 10:5 Then 8 the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven 10:6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay! 9
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
2 tn Or “clothed.”
3 tn Or “like fiery pillars,” translating πυρός (puros) as an attributive genitive.
4 tn Grk “and having.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he.”
5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
7 tn The words “just then” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
8 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
9 tn On this phrase see BDAG 1092 s.v. χρόνος.
