translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: REV

label: NET translator note

text: Here καί ( kai ) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.


text: Or “clothed.”


text: Or “like fiery pillars,” translating πυρός ( puros ) as an attributive genitive.


text: Grk “and having.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he.”


text: Here καί ( kai ) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.


text: The words “just then” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.


text: On this phrase see BDAG 1092 s.v. χρόνος .


text: Grk “But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel.”


text: The aorist ἐτελέσθη ( etelesqh ) has been translated as a proleptic (futuristic) aorist ( ExSyn 564 cites this verse as an example).


text: The time of the action described by the aorist εὐηγγέλισεν ( euhngelisen ) seems to be past with respect to the aorist passive ἐτελέσθη ( etelesqh ). This does not require that the prophets in view here be OT prophets. They may actually refer to the martyrs in the church (so G. B. Caird, Revelation [HNTC], 129).


text: See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1 .


text: The participle λαλοῦσαν ( lalousan ) has been translated as “began to speak.” The use of πάλιν ( palin ) indicates an ingressive idea.


text: Grk “with me.” The translation “with me” implies that John was engaged in a dialogue with the one speaking to him (e.g., Jesus or an angel) when in reality it was a one-sided conversation, with John doing all the listening. For this reason, μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ ( met ’ emou , “with me”) was translated as “to me.”


text: Grk “again, saying.” The participle λέγουσαν ( legousan ) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.


text: The perfect passive participle ἠνεῳγμένον ( hnewgmenon ) is in second attributive position and has been translated as an attributive adjective.


text: Here καί ( kai ) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the instructions given by the voice.


text: Here καί ( kai ) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.


text: The words “the scroll” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.


text: Here καί ( kai ) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the instructions given by the angel.


text: Grk “it was.” The idea of taste is implied.


text: Here καί ( kai ) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.


text: The referent of “they” is not clear in the Greek text.


text: Grk “and nations,” but καί ( kai ) has not been translated here or before the next item since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.