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An Interlude: The Song of the 144,000

14 Then[a] I looked, and here was[b] the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

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  1. Revelation 14:1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
  2. Revelation 14:1 tn The phrase “and here was” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No[a] one was able to learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

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  1. Revelation 14:3 tn Grk “elders, and no one.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but because of the length and complexity of the sentence a new sentence was started here in the translation.