Revelation 14:12-16
New English Translation
12 This requires[a] the steadfast endurance[b] of the saints—those who obey[c] God’s commandments and hold to[d] their faith in Jesus.[e]
13 Then[f] I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this:
‘Blessed are the dead,
those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work,[g] because their deeds will follow them.”[h]
14 Then[i] I looked, and a white cloud appeared,[j] and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man![k] He had[l] a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then[m] another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Use[n] your sickle and start to reap,[o] because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!” 16 So[p] the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
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- Revelation 14:12 tn Grk “Here is.”
- Revelation 14:12 tn Or “the perseverance.”
- Revelation 14:12 tn Grk “who keep.”
- Revelation 14:12 tn The words “hold to” are implied as a repetition of the participle translated “keep” (οἱ τηροῦντες, hoi tērountes).
- Revelation 14:12 tn Grk “faith of Jesus.” The construction may mean either “faith in Jesus” or “faithful to Jesus.” Either translation implies that ᾿Ιησοῦ (Iēsou) is to be taken as an objective genitive; the difference is more lexical than grammatical because πίστις (pistis) can mean either “faith” or “faithfulness.”
- Revelation 14:13 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
- Revelation 14:13 tn Or “from their trouble” (L&N 22.7).
- Revelation 14:13 tn Grk “their deeds will follow with them.”
- Revelation 14:14 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
- Revelation 14:14 tn Grk “and behold, a white cloud.”
- Revelation 14:14 tn This phrase constitutes an allusion to Dan 7:13. Concerning υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (huios tou anthrōpou), BDAG 1026 s.v. υἱός 2.d.γ says: “ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου lit. ‘the son of the man’…‘the human being, the human one, the man’…On Israelite thought contemporary w. Jesus and alleged knowledge of a heavenly being looked upon as a ‘Son of Man’ or ‘Man’, who exercises Messianic functions such as judging the world (metaph., pictorial passages in En 46-48; 4 Esdr 13:3, 51f)…Outside the gospels: Ac 7:56…Rv 1:13; 14:14 (both after Da 7:13…).” The term “son” here in this expression is anarthrous and as such lacks specificity. Some commentators and translations take the expression as an allusion to Daniel 7:13 and not to “the son of man” found in gospel traditions (e.g., Mark 8:31; 9:12; cf. D. E. Aune, Revelation [WBC], 2:800-801; cf. also NIV). Other commentators and versions, however, take the phrase “son of man” as definite, involving allusions to Dan 7:13 and “the son of man” gospel traditions (see G. K. Beale, Revelation [NIGTC], 771-72; NRSV).
- Revelation 14:14 tn Grk “like a son of man, having.” In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence.
- Revelation 14:15 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
- Revelation 14:15 tn Grk “Send out.”
- Revelation 14:15 tn The aorist θέρισον (therison) has been translated ingressively.
- Revelation 14:16 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s directions.
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