Wahyu 2:14
Konteks2:14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, 1 who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block 2 before the people 3 of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. 4
Wahyu 18:7
Konteks18:7 As much as 5 she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, 6 to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, 7 ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’
[2:14] 1 sn See Num 22-24; 31:16.
[2:14] 2 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] 3 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] 4 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.”
[18:7] 5 tn “As much as” is the translation of ὅσα (Josa).
[18:7] 6 tn On the term ἐστρηνίασεν (estrhniasen) BDAG 949 s.v. στρηνιάω states, “live in luxury, live sensually Rv 18:7. W. πορνεύειν vs. 9.”
[18:7] 7 tn Grk “said in her heart,” an idiom for saying something to oneself.