Revelation 20:4

Then ¹  I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. ²  I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These ³  had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They ⁴  came to life ⁵  and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Da 2:44; Da 7:9,18,22,27; Da 7:18,27; Mal 4:5; Mt 17:10-13; Mt 19:28; Mt 24:10; Mr 6:16,27; Mr 9:11; Lu 1:17; Lu 9:7-9; Lu 9:9; Lu 22:30; Ro 8:17; Ro 11:15; 1Co 6:2,3; 2Ti 2:12; Re 1:9; Re 5:9; Re 6:9; Re 11:3,7; Re 11:11,15; Re 12:11; Re 13:12-17; Re 14:11; Re 15:2; Re 17:8

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

² tn Grk “I saw thrones, and those seated on them, and judgment was given to them.” BDAG 567 s.v. κρίμα 3 says, “judging, judgment, the κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς authority to judge was given to them Rv 20:4.”

³ tn Grk “God, and who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “these” as subject.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁵ tn On the use of the aorist ἔζησαν (ezhsan) BDAG 425 s.v. ζάω 1.a.β says, “of dead persons who return to life become alive again: of humans in general (3 Km 17:23) Mt 9:18; Ac 9:41; 20:12; Rv 20:4, 5.”