Revelation 6:9

Now ¹  when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed ²  because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.

Le 4:7; Joh 16:2; 2Co 5:8; Php 1:23; Php 2:17; 2Ti 1:8; 2Ti 4:6; Re 1:9; Re 2:13; Re 8:3; Re 9:13; Re 11:3-7; Re 12:11-17; Re 14:18; Re 19:10; Re 20:4

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of a new and somewhat different topic after the introduction of the four riders.

² tn Or “murdered.” See the note on the word “butcher” in 6:4.