translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: REV

label: NET study note

text: Sun … moon … stars . This imagery is frequently identified with the nation Israel because of Joseph’s dream in .


text: The archangel Michael had a special role in protecting the nation of Israel in the OT ( Dan 10:13, 21; 12:1 ; see also Jude 9 ).


text: They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25 ; Luke 17:33 ; John 12:25 .


text: א A and the rest of the ms tradition} . There is apparently no reason for the scribe of C to intentionally omit the phrase, and the fact that the word “time” ( καιρὸν καὶ καιρούς , kairon kai kairou" ) appears twice before may indicate a scribal oversight. The parallel statement in Rev 12:6 suggests that the phrase a time, times, and half a time equals 1,260 days (three and a half years of 360 days each).