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Revelation 19:7-8
New English Translation
Revelation 19:7-8
New English Translation
7 Let us rejoice[a] and exult
and give him glory,
because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
8 She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen”[b] (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints).[c]
Footnotes
- Revelation 19:7 tn This verb and the next two verbs are hortatory subjunctives (giving exhortations).
- Revelation 19:8 tn On the term translated “fine linen,” BDAG 185 s.v. βύσσινος states, “made of fine linen, subst. τὸ β. fine linen, linen garment…Rv 18:12…16; 19:8, 14.”
- Revelation 19:8 sn This phrase is treated as a parenthetical explanation by the author.
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