Wahyu 7:3

7:3 “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants ¹  of our God.”

Wahyu 14:9

14:9 A ²  third angel ³  followed the first two, ⁴  declaring ⁵  in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand,

Wahyu 20:4

20:4 Then ⁶  I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. ⁷  I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These ⁸  had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They ⁹  came to life ¹⁰  and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

[7:3]  ¹ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[14:9]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[14:9]  ³ tn Grk “And another angel, a third.”

[14:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “followed them.”

[14:9]  ⁵ tn For the translation of λέγω (legw) as “declare,” see BDAG 590 s.v. 2.e.

[20:4]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[20:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “I saw thrones, and those seated on them, and judgment was given to them.” BDAG 567 s.v. κρίμα 3 says, “judging, judgment, the κρίμα ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς authority to judge was given to them Rv 20:4.”

[20:4]  ⁸ tn Grk “God, and who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “these” as subject.

[20:4]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[20:4]  ¹⁰ tn On the use of the aorist ἔζησαν (ezhsan) BDAG 425 s.v. ζάω 1.a.β says, “of dead persons who return to life become alive again: of humans in general (3 Km 17:23) Mt 9:18; Ac 9:41; 20:12; Rv 20:4, 5.”