Wahyu 7:4

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 

Wahyu 21:12

21:12 It has ⁵  a massive, high wall ⁶  with twelve gates, ⁷  with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel ⁸  are written on the gates. ⁹ 

[7:4]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of new but related material.

[7:4]  ² tn Grk “who were sealed.”

[7:4]  ³ tn Normally, “every,” but since 144,000 is the total number, “all” is clearer here.

[7:4]  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.

[21:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “jasper, having.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

[21:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “a (city) wall great and high.”

[21:12]  ⁷ tn On this term BDAG 897 s.v. πυλών 1 states, “gate, esp. of the large, impressive gateways at the entrance of temples and palaces…of the entrances of the heavenly Jerusalem…οἱ πυλῶνες αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ κλεισθῶσιν its entrances shall never be shut Rv 21:25; cp. vss. 12ab, 13abcd, 15, 21ab; 22:14.”

[21:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “of the sons of Israel.” The translation “nation of Israel” is given in L&N 11.58.

[21:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “on them”; the referent (the gates) has been specified in the translation for clarity.