18HERE THE WISDOM IS. THE [ONE] HAVING <THE> UNDERSTANDING HE SHOULD COUNT THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST, NUMBER FOR A MAN’S IT IS, AND THE NUMBER OF IT IS SIX HUNDRED SIXTY SIX. 18Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666..*NoteCloseSome manuscripts 616
1AND I LOOKED AND BEHOLD THE LAMB STANDING UPON <THE> MOUNT ZION AND WITH HIM NUMBER ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND HAVING THE NAME OF HIM AND THE NAME OF THE FATHER OF HIM WRITTEN ON THE FOREHEADS OF THEM. The Lamb and the 144,000 1Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000. who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
2AND I HEARD A VOICE OUT OF <THE> HEAVEN AS [THE] SOUND OF WATERS MANY AND AS [THE] SOUND OF THUNDER LOUD, AND THE VOICE THAT I HEARD [WAS] LIKE THAT OF HARPISTS HARPING WITH THE HARPS OF THEM. 2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.
3AND THEY ARE SINGING AS A SONG NEW BEFORE THE THRONE AND BEFORE THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES AND THE ELDERS, AND NO [ONE] WAS ABLE TO LEARN THE SONG ONLY EXCEPT THE ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND WHO REDEEMED FROM THE EARTH. 3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000. who had been redeemed from the earth.
4THESE ARE THEY WHO WITH WOMEN NOT WAS DEFILED, PURE FOR THEY ARE; THESE ARE THOSE FOLLOWING AFTER THE LAMB WHEREVER MAYBE HE MAY GO; THESE BY JESUS WERE REDEEMED OUT FROM <THE> MEN [AS] FIRSTFRUITS <THE> TO GOD AND TO THE LAMB; 4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
5AND IN THE MOUTH OF THEM NOT WAS FOUND A LIE, BLAMELESS FOR THEY ARE BEFORE THE THRONE OF THE GOD. 5And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.*NoteCloseTR includes before the throne of God.
6AND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL FLYING IN MID-HEAVEN HAVING [THE] GLAD TIDINGS EVERLASTING TO EVANGELISE UPON THOSE RESIDING ON THE EARTH AND TO EVERY NATION AND TRIBE AND TONGUE AND PEOPLE The Three Angels and Babylon’s Fall 6Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth— to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
7SAYING IN A VOICE LOUD; DO FEAR <THE> GOD AND DO GIVE TO HIM GLORY, BECAUSE HAS COME THE HOUR OF THE JUDGMENT OF HIM, AND DO WORSHIP THE [ONE] HIM [WHO] HAVING MADE <THE> HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND <THE> SEA AND SPRINGS OF WATERS. 7And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters. ”
8AND ANOTHER ANGEL A SECOND FOLLOWED SAYING; FALLEN FALLEN IS BABYLON THE CITY THE GREAT WHO OF THE WINE <THE> OF WRATH FOR THE IMMORALITY OF HER SHE HAS GIVEN TO DRINK ALL THE GENTILES. 8Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great,*NoteCloseSee Isaiah 21:9 and Revelation 18:2. who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality. ”
9AND ANOTHER ANGEL A THIRD FOLLOWED AFTER THEM SAYING IN A VOICE LOUD; IF ANYONE WORSHIPS THE BEAST AND THE IMAGE OF IT AND RECEIVES A MARK ON THE FOREHEAD OF HIM OR UPON THE HAND OF HIM, 9And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand,
10ALSO HE HIMSELF WILL DRINK OF THE WINE OF THE ANGER <THE> OF GOD WHICH MIXED UNDILUTED IN THE CUP OF THE WRATH OF HIM AND HE WILL BE TORMENTED IN FIRE AND BRIMSTONE BEFORE OF THE ANGELS HOLY AND BEFORE THE LAMB. 10he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
11AND THE SMOKE OF THE TORMENT OF THEM TO AGES OF AGES GOES UP, AND NOT HAVE REST BY DAY AND NIGHT THOSE WORSHIPING THE BEAST AND THE IMAGE OF IT AND IF ANYONE RECEIVES THE MARK OF THE NAME OF IT. 11And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name. ”
12HERE THE ENDURANCE OF THE SAINTS IS HERE THOSE KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS <THE> OF GOD AND THE FAITH OF JESUS. 12Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
13AND I HEARD A VOICE OUT OF <THE> HEAVEN SAYING TO ME: DO WRITE; BLESSED [ARE] THE DEAD <THE> IN THE LORD DYING FROM NOW. YES, SAYS THE SPIRIT, SO THAT THEY WILL REST FROM THE LABORS OF THEM, <THE> FOR THE WORKS OF THEM FOLLOW WITH THEM. 13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead— those who die in the Lord from this moment on. ” “Yes, ” says the Spirit, they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them. ”
14AND I LOOKED AND BEHOLD A CLOUD WHITE, AND UPON THE CLOUD IS SITTING [ONE] LIKE [THE] SON OF MAN, HAVING ON THE HEAD OF HIM A CROWN GOLDEN AND IN THE HAND OF HIM A SICKLE SHARP. The Harvest of the Earth 14And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man,*NoteCloseOr one like a son of man; see Daniel 7:13. with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
15AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE CRYING IN A VOICE LOUD TO THE [ONE] SITTING ON THE CLOUD; DO PUT FORTH THE SICKLE OF YOU AND DO REAP, BECAUSE HAS COME TO YOU THE HOUR OF THE TO REAP, BECAUSE HAS RIPENED THE HARVEST OF THE EARTH. 15Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe. ”
16AND SWUNG THE [ONE] SITTING UPON THE CLOUD THE SICKLE OF HIM UPON THE EARTH, AND WAS HARVESTED THE EARTH. 16So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
17AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE <THE> IN <THE> HEAVEN HAVING ALSO HE HIMSELF A SICKLE SHARP. 17Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
18AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME OUT OF THE ALTAR WHO IS HAVING AUTHORITY OVER THE FIRE AND HE CALLED IN A VOICE LOUD TO THE [ONE] HAVING THE SICKLE <THE> SHARP SAYING; DO PUT FORTH YOUR <THE> SICKLE <THE> SHARP AND DO GATHER THE CLUSTERS FROM THE VINE OF THE EARTH, BECAUSE FULLY RIPENED THE GRAPES OF IT. 18Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe. ”
19AND PUT FORTH THE ANGEL THE SICKLE OF HIM TO THE EARTH AND GATHERED THE VINE OF THE EARTH AND CAST [THEM] INTO THE WINEPRESS OF THE WRATH <THE> OF GOD <THE> GREAT. 19So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.
20AND WAS TRODDEN THE WINEPRESS OUTSIDE THE CITY, AND FLOWED BLOOD OUT OF THE WINEPRESS AS HIGH AS THE BRIDLES OF THE HORSES TO THE DISTANCE OF STADIA ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED. 20And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600. stadia.*NoteClose1,600 stadia is approximately 184 miles or 296 kilometers.