The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion
1 Then I looked, and behold, (A)the Lamb was standing on (B)Mount Zion, and with Him (C)one hundred and forty-four thousand, having (D)His name and the (E)name of His Father written (F)on their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like (G)the sound of many waters and like the (H)sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of (I)harpists playing on their harps.
3 And they *(a)sang (J)a new song before the throne and before the (K)four living creatures and the (L)elders; and (M)no one could learn the song except the (N)one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been (O)purchased from the earth.
4 (P)These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they (b)have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who (Q)follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been (R)purchased from among men (S)as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
5 And (T)no lie was found in their mouth; they are (U)blameless.
Vision of the Angel with the Gospel
6 And I saw another angel flying in (V)midheaven, having (W)an eternal gospel to preach to (X)those who (c)live on the earth, and to (Y)every nation and tribe and tongue and people;
7 and he said with a loud voice, “(Z)Fear God, and (AA)give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who (AB)made the heaven and the earth and sea and (AC)springs of waters.”
8 And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “(d)(AD)Fallen, fallen is (AE)Babylon the great, she who has (AF)made all the nations drink of the (AG)wine of the (e)passion of her immorality.”
Doom for Worshipers of the Beast
9 Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone (AH)worships the beast and his (AI)image, and receives a (AJ)mark on his forehead or on his hand,
10 he also will drink of the (AK)wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed (f)in full strength (AL)in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with (AM)fire and (g)brimstone in the presence of the (AN)holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
11 And the (AO)smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; (AP)they have no rest day and night, those who (AQ)worship the beast and his (AR)image, and (h)whoever receives the (AS)mark of his name.”
12 Here is (AT)the (i)perseverance of the (j)saints who (AU)keep the commandments of God and (k)(AV)their faith in Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘(AW)Blessed are the dead who (AX)die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” (AY)says the Spirit, “so that they may (AZ)rest from their labors, for their (BA)deeds follow with them.”
The Reapers
14 Then I looked, and behold, a (BB)white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one (BC)like (l)a son of man, having a golden (BD)crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
15 And another angel (BE)came out of the (m)temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “(n)(BF)Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the (BG)harvest of the earth (o)is ripe.”
16 Then He who sat on the cloud (p)swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel (BH)came out of the (q)temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.
18 Then another angel, (BI)the one who has power over fire, came out from (BJ)the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “(r)(BK)Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters (s)from the vine of the earth, (BL)because her grapes are ripe.”
19 So the angel (t)swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into (BM)the great wine press of the wrath of God.
20 And (BN)the wine press was trodden (BO)outside the city, and (BP)blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, (u)for a distance of (v)two hundred miles.
Footnotes:
a.
Revelation 14:3: ['Two early mss read ', sing, ' something ', like a new song]
b.
Revelation 14:4: ['Lit ', are chaste men]
c.
Revelation 14:6: ['Lit ', sit]
d.
Revelation 14:8: ['Lit ', Babylon...fell, fell, she who]
e.
Revelation 14:8: ['Or ', wrath]
f.
Revelation 14:10: ['Lit ', unmixed, '; in ancient times wine was usually diluted with water']
g.
Revelation 14:10: ['I.e. burning sulphur']
h.
Revelation 14:11: ['Lit ', if anyone]
i.
Revelation 14:12: ['Or ', steadfastness]
j.
Revelation 14:12: ['Or ', holy ones]
k.
Revelation 14:12: ['Lit ', the faith of]
l.
Revelation 14:14: ['Or ', the Son of Man]
m.
Revelation 14:15: ['Or ', sanctuary]
n.
Revelation 14:15: ['Lit ', Send forth]
o.
Revelation 14:15: ['Lit ', has become dry]
p.
Revelation 14:16: ['Lit ', cast]
q.
Revelation 14:17: ['Or ', sanctuary]
r.
Revelation 14:18: ['Lit ', Send forth]
s.
Revelation 14:18: ['Lit ', of]
t.
Revelation 14:19: ['Lit ', cast]
u.
Revelation 14:20: ['Lit ', from]
v.
Revelation 14:20: ['Lit ', sixteen hundred stadia, '; a stadion was approx 600 ft']