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SBL Greek New Testament

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Revelation 3

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revelation.3.rev34Names

ὀλίγα ὀνόματα

TRANSLATIONmoderate confidence

Who in Sardis has not stained their garments?

‘A few names’ is a vivid Semitic way of referring to persons. Keeping ‘names’ connects with the book of life in the next verse; ‘people’ is immediately clear.

Why this default

Keeping ‘names’ preserves Revelation’s personal-record imagery and anticipates the conqueror’s name in the book of life in the next verse.

Evidence

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Project defaulta few names in Sardis

Project default

Alternativea few people in Sardis

Alternate rendering

Alternativea few faithful individuals in Sardis

The persons’ fidelity made explicit

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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