Revelation 5:9
ContextNETBible | They were singing a new song: 1 “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, 2 and at the cost of your own blood 3 you have purchased 4 for God persons 5 from every tribe, language, 6 people, and nation. |
XREF | Ps 33:3; Ps 40:3; Ps 96:1; Ps 98:1; Ps 144:9; Ps 149:1; Isa 42:10; Da 4:1; Da 6:25; Mt 20:28; Mt 26:28; Mr 16:15,16; Ac 20:28; Ro 3:24-26; 1Co 6:20; 1Co 7:23; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14; Col 1:23; Tit 2:14; Heb 11:14; 1Pe 1:18,19; 2Pe 2:1; 1Jo 1:7; 1Jo 2:2; Re 4:11; Re 5:2,3; Re 5:6,12; Re 7:9; Re 7:10-12; Re 11:9; Re 13:8; Re 14:3; Re 14:4,6; Re 14:6 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The redundant participle λέγοντες (legontes) has not been translated here. 2 tn Or “slaughtered”; traditionally, “slain.” 3 tn The preposition ἐν (en) is taken to indicate price here, like the Hebrew preposition ב (bet) does at times. BDAG 329 s.v. ἐν 5.b states, “The ἐν which takes the place of the gen. of price is also instrumental ἠγόρασας ἐν τῷ αἵματί σου Rv 5:9 (cp. 1 Ch 21:24 ἀγοράζω ἐν ἀργυρίῳ).” 4 tc The Greek text as it stands above (i.e., the reading τῷ θεῷ [tw qew] alone) is found in codex A. א 2050 2344 Ï sy add the term “us” (ἡμᾶς, Jhmas), either before or after τῷ θεῷ, as an attempt to clarify the object of “purchased” (ἠγόρασας, hgorasa"). A few 5 tn The word “persons” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context. 6 tn Grk “and language,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more. |