Wahyu 1:20

1:20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: ¹  The seven stars are the angels ²  of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Wahyu 2:14

2:14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, ³  who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block ⁴  before the people ⁵  of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. ⁶ 

Wahyu 5:5

5:5 Then ⁷  one of the elders said ⁸  to me, “Stop weeping! ⁹  Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; ¹⁰  thus he can open ¹¹  the scroll and its seven seals.”

Wahyu 14:10

14:10 that person ¹²  will also drink of the wine of God’s anger ¹³  that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur ¹⁴  in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb.

Wahyu 21:9

The New Jerusalem Descends

21:9 Then ¹⁵  one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me, ¹⁶  saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!”

[1:20]  ¹ tn The words “is this” are supplied to make a complete sentence in English.

[1:20]  ² tn Or perhaps “the messengers.”

[2:14]  ³ sn See Num 22-24; 31:16.

[2:14]  ⁴ tn That is, a cause for sinning. An alternate translation is “who instructed Balak to cause the people of Israel to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols…”

[2:14]  ⁵ tn Grk “sons,” but the expression υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ (Juioi Israhl) is an idiom for the people of Israel as an ethnic entity (see L&N 11.58).

[2:14]  ⁶ tn Due to the actual events in the OT (Num 22-24; 31:16), πορνεῦσαι (porneusai) is taken to mean “sexual immorality.” BDAG 854 s.v. πορνεύω 1 states, “engage in illicit sex, to fornicate, to whore…W. φαγεῖν εἰδωλόθυτα ‘eat meat offered to idols’ Rv 2:14, 20.”

[5:5]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[5:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “says” (a historical present).

[5:5]  ⁹ tn The present imperative with μή (mh) is used here to command cessation of an action in progress (ExSyn 724 lists this verse as an example).

[5:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “has been victorious”; traditionally, “has overcome.”

[5:5]  ¹¹ tn The infinitive has been translated as an infinitive of result here.

[14:10]  ¹² tn Grk “he himself.”

[14:10]  ¹³ tn The Greek word for “anger” here is θυμός (qumos), a wordplay on the “passion” (θυμός) of the personified city of Babylon in 14:8.

[14:10]  ¹⁴ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”

[21:9]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[21:9]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “with me.” The translation “with me” implies that John was engaged in a dialogue with the one speaking to him (e.g., Jesus or an angel) when in reality it was a one-sided conversation, with John doing all the listening. For this reason, μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ (met’ emou, “with me”) was translated as “to me.” See also v. 15.