Wahyu 2:27

2:27 he ¹  will rule ²  them with an iron rod ³ 

and like clay jars he will break them to pieces, ⁴ 

Wahyu 3:12

3:12 The one who conquers ⁵  I will make ⁶  a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I ⁷  will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), ⁸  and my new name as well.

[2:27]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[2:27]  ² tn Grk “will shepherd.”

[2:27]  ³ tn Or “scepter.” The Greek term ῥάβδος (rJabdo") can mean either “rod” or “scepter.”

[2:27]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 2:9 (with the line introducing the quotation containing a partial allusion to Ps 2:8). See also Rev 12:5, 19:15.

[3:12]  ⁵ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

[3:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “I will make him,” but the pronoun (αὐτόν, auton, “him”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.

[3:12]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[3:12]  ⁸ sn This description of the city of my God is parenthetical, explaining further the previous phrase and interrupting the list of “new names” given here.