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Revelation 14:1
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Revelation 14:1
New English Translation
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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- Revelation 14:1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
- Revelation 14:1 tn The phrase “and here was” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).
Revelation 21:10
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Revelation 21:10
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10 So[a] he took me away in the Spirit[b] to a huge, majestic mountain[c] and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.
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- Revelation 21:10 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s invitation.
- Revelation 21:10 tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).
- Revelation 21:10 tn Grk “to a mountain great and high.”
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