Revelation

[John Reece]

Revelation 10:9a

Text: (NA27):

καὶ ἀπῆλθα πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον λέγων αὐτῷ δοῦναί μοι τὸ βιβλαρίδιον.

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai apēltha pros ton aggelon legōn autō̧ dounai moi to biblaridion.

Translation (NRSV):

So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἀπῆλθα : for ἀπῆλθον aorist of ἀπέρχομαι go.
δοῦναί : aorist infinitive of δίδωμι give.
βιβλαρίδιον diminutive little scroll/book.

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Revelation 10:9b

Text: (NA27):

καὶ λέγει μοι· λάβε καὶ κατάφαγε αὐτό

Transliteration (Accordance):

καὶ λέγει μοι· λάβε καὶ κατάφαγε αὐτό

Translation (NRSV):

and he said to me, “Take it, and eat

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

λάβε : aorist imperative of λαμβάνω take.
κατάφαγε : aorist imperative of κατεσθίω eat (up), symbolic gesture (cf. English "digest" a book).

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Revelation 10:9c

Text: (NA27):

καὶ πικρανεῖ σου τὴν κοιλίαν

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai pikranei sou tēn koilian

Translation (NRSV):

it will be bitter to your stomach

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

πικρανεῖ : future of πικραίνω make bitter (predicting suffering).
κοιλία : stomach.

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Revelation 10:9d

Text: (NA27):

ἀλλ᾿ ἐν τῷ στόματί σου ἔσται γλυκὺ ὡς μέλι.

Transliteration (Accordance):

all’ en tō̧ stomati sou estai glyky hōs meli.

Translation (NRSV):

but sweet as honey in your mouth

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

γλυκύς : sweet (bringing good news to the faithful).
μέλι : honey.

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Revelation 10:10a

Text: (NA27):

Καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ βιβλαρίδιον ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ ἀγγέλου καὶ κατέφαγον αὐτό

Transliteration (Accordance):

Καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ βιβλαρίδιον ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ ἀγγέλου καὶ κατέφαγον αὐτό

Translation (NRSV):

So I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἔλαβον : aorist of λαμβάνω take.
κατέφαγον : aorist of κατεσθίω to eat up ravenously, eat up, consume, devour, swallow.

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Revelation 10:10b

Text: (NA27):

καὶ ἦν ἐν τῷ στόματί μου ὡς μέλι γλυκὺ καὶ ὅτε ἔφαγον αὐτό, ἐπικράνθη ἡ κοιλία μου.

Transliteration (Accordance):

καὶ ἦν ἐν τῷ στόματί μου ὡς μέλι γλυκὺ καὶ ὅτε ἔφαγον αὐτό, ἐπικράνθη ἡ κοιλία μου.

Translation (NRSV):

it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter..

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἔφαγον : (aorist of ἐσθίω eat) relative past time when I had eaten it ; a simplex (ἐσθίω) following closely on a compound (κατεσθίω) frequently retains the same force.
ἐπικράνθη : aorist passive of πικραίνω make bitter.

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Revelation 10:11

Text: (NA27):

καὶ λέγουσίν μοι· δεῖ σε πάλιν προφητεῦσαι ἐπὶ λαοῖς καὶ ἔθνεσιν καὶ γλώσσαις καὶ βασιλεῦσιν πολλοῖς.

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai legousin moi; dei se palin prophēteusai epi laois kai ethnesin kai glōssais kai basileusin pollois.

Translation (NRSV):

Then they said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

προφητεῦσαι : aorist infinitive of προφητεύω prophesy, i.e. in the light of the contents of the book he has now "eaten".
ἐπί : with dative (as with genitive) on the subject of, about.
γλῶσσα : tongue, language.

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Revelation 11:1a

Text: (NA27):

Καὶ ἐδόθη μοι κάλαμος ὅμοιος ῥάβδῳ,

Transliteration (Accordance):

Kai edothē moi kalamos homoios rhabdō̧,

Translation (NRSV):

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff,

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἐδόθη : aorist passive of δίδωμι give.
κάλαμος : cane, here for measuring.
ὅμοιος : like.
ῥάβδος : staff.

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Revelation 11:1b

Text: (NA27):

λέγων· ἔγειρε καὶ μέτρησον τὸν ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας ἐν αὐτῷ.

Transliteration (Accordance):

legōn; egeire kai metrēson ton naon tou theou kai to thysiastērion kai tous proskynountas en autō̧.

Translation (TNIV):

and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers.

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

λέγων : (without subject) participle of λέγω tell.
ἔγειρε : imperative (intransitive) of ἐγείρω get up/go.
μέτρησον : aorist imperative of μετρέω measure.
ναός : temple.
θυσιαστήριον : alter.
προσκυνοῦντας : worshipers.

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Revelation 11:2a

Text: (NA27):

καὶ τὴν αὐλὴν τὴν ἔξωθεν τοῦ ναοῦ ἔκβαλε ἔξωθεν καὶ μὴ αὐτὴν μετρήσῃς

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai tēn aulēn tēn exōthen tou naou ekbale exōthen kai mē autēn metrēsȩ̄s

Translation (NRSV):

but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

αὐλή : courtyard.
ἔξωθεν : (from) outside ; as preposition with genitive outside.
ἔκβαλε : aorist imperative of ἐκβάλλω here reject, leave out.
μετρήσῃς : aorist subjunctive of μετρέω measure.

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Revelation 11:2b

Text: (NA27):

ὅτι ἐδόθη τοῖς ἔθνεσιν

Transliteration (Accordance):

hoti edothē tois ethnesin

Translation (NRSV):

for it is given over to the nations,

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἐδόθη : aorist of δίδωμι give.

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Revelation 11:2c

Text: (NA27):

καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἁγίαν πατήσουσιν μῆνας τεσσεράκοντα [καὶ] δύο.

Transliteration (Accordance):

kai tēn polin tēn hagian patēsousin mēnas tesserakonta [kai] dyo.

Translation (NRSV):

and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

πατήσουσιν : future of πατέω trample.
μήν, μηνός, ὁ : month, accusative of duration.
τεσσεράκοντα [καὶ] δύο = 42.

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Revelation 11:3a

Text: (NA27):

Καὶ δώσω τοῖς δυσὶν μάρτυσίν μου καὶ προφητεύσουσιν ἡμέρας χιλίας διακοσίας ἑξήκοντα

Transliteration (Accordance):

Kai dōsō tois dysin martysin mou kai prophēteusousin hēmeras chilias diakosias hexēkonta

Translation (NRSV):

And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

δώσω : I will give/assign/grant future of δίδωμι followed by καί coordinate here with final force so that.
δυσίν : dative of δύο two.
μάρτυς, μάρτυρος, ὁ : witness.
προφητεύσουσιν future of προφητεύω prophesy.
ἡμέρας : accusative of duration days.
χίλiοι = 1000.
διακόσιοι = 200.
ἑξήκοντα = 60.

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Revelation 11:3b

Text: (NA27):

περιβεβλημένοι σάκκους.

Transliteration (Accordance):

peribeblēmenoi sakkous.

Translation (NRSV):

wearing sackcloth.

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

περιβεβλημένοι : perfect passive participle of περιβάλλω put on or around (one) ; perfect passive be clothed in (something).
σάκκος : sackcloth.

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Revelation 11:4

Text: (NA27):

οὗτοί εἰσιν αἱ δύο ἐλαῖαι καὶ αἱ δύο λυχνίαι αἱ ἐνώπιον τοῦ κυρίου τῆς γῆς ἑστῶτες.

Transliteration (Accordance):

houtoi eisin hai dyo elaiai kai hai dyo lychniai hai enōpion tou kyriou tēs gēs hestōtes.

Translation (NRSV):

These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Grammatical Analysis (Zerwick/BDAG, meanings in this context):

ἐλαία : olive(-tree).
λυχνία : lampstand.
ἑστῶτες : standing, perfect (intransitive with present meaning) participle of ἵστημι: masculine though in apposition to λυχνία.