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Revelation 6:11

Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.

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ASV

And there was given them to each one a white robe; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, who should be killed even as they were, should have fulfilled their course.

KJV

And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ἐδόθηedothēwere givenG1325 →
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846 →
ἑκάστῳhekastōeachG1538 →
στολὴstolēa robeG4749 →
λευκὴleukēwhiteG3022 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐρρέθηerrethēit was saidG2046 →
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846 →
ἵναinathatG2443 →
ἀναπαύσονταιanapausontaithey will restG373 →
ἔτιetiyetG2089 →
χρόνονchronona timeG5550 →
μικρὸνmikronlittleG3398 →
ἕωςhe'ōsuntilG2193 →
πληρωθῶσινplērōthōsinmay be fulfilledG4137 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
σύνδουλοιsundouloifellow servantsG4889 →
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
ἀδελφοὶadelphoibrothersG80 →
αὐτῶν,autōnof them,G846 →
οἱhoithoseG3588 →
μέλλοντεςmellontesbeing aboutG3195 →
ἀποκτέννεσθαιapoktennesthaito be killedG615 →
ὡςhōsasG5613 →
καὶkaialso [had been]G2532 →
αὐτοί.¶autoithey.G846 →

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Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”Revelation 3:4But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.Luke 15:22But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.Revelation 3:4–5But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.Revelation 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.Hebrews 11:40God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.1 Peter 5:9Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.Isaiah 26:20–21Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.Daniel 12:13But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.Daniel 11:32With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.Revelation 4:4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.Genesis 45:22He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.Revelation 17:17For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.Matthew 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.Matthew 23:34–35Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

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