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1 | Is this verse a parenthesis in the Mss | Rev 20:5 | Isabel | 7264 | ||
To your best knowledge, was the first part of this verse (the rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1000 years are finished) a parenthetical insertion, or is their proof it actually existed in the original Mss? | ||||||
2 | Is this verse a parenthesis in the Mss | Rev 20:5 | Makarios | 7281 | ||
This is a very astute obervation! Why did the NIV put this verse in parenthesis? I've noticed that the NRSV also places parenthesis around the first part of this verse. However, the NASB, NKJV, KJV, Amplified, Rheims and NAB, RSV and ASV do not put the first part of this verse in parenthesis. So why did the NIV and NRSV translators find this necessary? The best answer to this question (that I can find) is that the first part of verse 5, "The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed", is actually referring back to verse 4, where it mentions the "souls of those who had been beheaded (Christian martyrs of the tribulation who will be resurrected to enjoy the millennial kingdom with Christ)". Hope this helps! | ||||||