Revelation 7:4

Now ¹  I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, ²  one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all ³  the tribes of the people of Israel: ⁴ 

Ge 15:5; Eze 47:13; Eze 48:19,31; Zec 9:1; Mt 19:28; Lu 22:30; Ac 26:7; Ro 9:27; Ro 11:5,6; Jas 1:1; Re 9:16; Re 14:1,3

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of new but related material.

² tn Grk “who were sealed.”

³ tn Normally, “every,” but since 144,000 is the total number, “all” is clearer here.

⁴ tn Grk “the sons of Israel,” normally an idiom for the Israelites as an ethnic entity (L&N 11.58). However, many scholars understand the expression in this context to refer to Christians rather than ethnic Israelites.