Wahyu 9:21

9:21 Furthermore, ¹  they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells, ²  of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing.

Wahyu 16:11

16:11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings ³  and because of their sores, ⁴  but nevertheless ⁵  they still refused to repent ⁶  of their deeds.

Wahyu 2:5

2:5 Therefore, remember from what high state ⁷  you have fallen and repent! Do ⁸  the deeds you did at the first; ⁹  if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place – that is, if you do not repent. ¹⁰ 

[9:21]  ¹ tn Grk “and.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation, with “furthermore” used to indicate a continuation of the preceding.

[9:21]  ² tn On the term φαρμακεία (farmakeia, “magic spells”) see L&N 53.100: “the use of magic, often involving drugs and the casting of spells upon people – ‘to practice magic, to cast spells upon, to engage in sorcery, magic, sorcery.’ φαρμακεία: ἐν τῇ φαρμακείᾳ σου ἐπλανήθησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ‘with your magic spells you deceived all the peoples (of the world)’ Re 18:23.”

[16:11]  ³ tn Grk “pains” (the same term in Greek [πόνος, ponos] as the last word in v. 11, here translated “sufferings” because it is plural). BDAG 852 s.v. 2 states, “ἐκ τοῦ π. in pain…Rv 16:10; pl. (Gen 41:51; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 146; Test. Jud. 18:4) ἐκ τῶν π. …because of their sufferings vs. 11.”

[16:11]  ⁴ tn Or “ulcerated sores” (see 16:2).

[16:11]  ⁵ tn Grk “and they did not repent.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but nevertheless” to express the contrast here.

[16:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “they did not repent” The addition of “still refused” reflects the hardness of people’s hearts in the context.

[2:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “from where,” but status is in view rather than physical position. On this term BDAG 838 s.v. πόθεν 1 states, “from what place? from where?…In imagery μνημόνευε πόθεν πέπτωκες remember from what (state) you have fallen Rv 2:5.”

[2:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “and do” (a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text). For stylistic reasons in English a new sentence was started here in the translation. The repeated mention of repenting at the end of the verse suggests that the intervening material (“do the deeds you did at first”) specifies how the repentance is to be demonstrated.

[2:5]  ⁹ tn Or “you did formerly.”

[2:5]  ¹⁰ tn Although the final clause is somewhat awkward, it is typical of the style of Revelation.