Footnotes

1. Revelation 3:1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated due to differences between Greek and English style.
2. Revelation 3:1 tn The phrase “the following” after “write” is supplied to clarify that what follows is the content of what is to be written.
3. Revelation 3:1 tn Grk “These things says [the One]…” See the note on the phrase “this is the solemn pronouncement of” in 2:1.sn The expression This is the solemn pronouncement of reflects an OT idiom. See the note on this phrase in 2:1.
4. Revelation 3:1 tn Grk “who has” (cf. 1:16).
5. Revelation 3:1 tn Grk “a name.”
6. Revelation 3:1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
7. Revelation 3:1 tn The prepositional phrase “in reality” is supplied in the translation to make explicit the idea that their being alive was only an illusion.