Revelation 18:4-6

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Revelation 18:4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
2. Revelation 18:5 tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollēthēsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”
3. Revelation 18:5 tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
4. Revelation 18:5 tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.
5. Revelation 18:5 tn Or “her sins.”
6. Revelation 18:6 tn The word “others” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
7. Revelation 18:6 tn On this term BDAG 252 s.v. διπλόω states, “to double τὰ διπλᾶ pay back double Rv 18:6.”