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Revelation 11:8-9
New English Translation
Revelation 11:8-9
New English Translation
8 Their[a] corpses will lie in the street[b] of the great city that is symbolically[c] called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. 9 For three and a half days those from every[d] people, tribe,[e] nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.[f]
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- Revelation 11:8 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
- Revelation 11:8 tn The Greek word πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to a major (broad) street (L&N 1.103).
- Revelation 11:8 tn Grk “spiritually.”
- Revelation 11:9 tn The word “every” is not in the Greek text, but is implied by the following list.
- Revelation 11:9 tn The Greek term καί (kai) has not been translated before this and the following items in the list, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
- Revelation 11:9 tn Or “to be buried.”
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