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In most English versions, Revelation 6:11 includes an interpolation (“the number of”) that changes the meaning of the verse. This article evaluates the evidence for changes in the reading and interpretation of the text and the grammatical problems introduced by the interpolation, looking closely at the Greek grammar and syntax of the passage, which does not allow for the interpolation. Then the literary-historical problems with the interpolation are considered, noting the assumptions behind the interpolation and their weaknesses. Finally, the theological problems created by the interpolation are observed. I conclude that the interpolation is unfounded and attempt to address the intended theological understanding of the verse. The idea of completion or perfection is not related to a certain number of people but to the character of the fellow servants and other believers who are to be killed as the plaintive martyrs were.
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"Resolving the Confusion in Revelation 6:11."
Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)
13.1
(1975):
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Available at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/auss/vol13/iss1/28
