Rev 19:3-4 | RWP | e4.org | A second time ( δευτερον ). Adverbial accusative, a heavenly encore. They say ( ειρηκαν ). Perfect active indicative of ειπον . "They have said," not an "aoristic" perfect for "they say," but vivid dramatic perfect as in and the form in -αν instead of -ασιν as in ; . Goeth up ( αναβαινε ). Linear present active indicative of αναβαινω , "keeps on going up," "a last touch to the description already given ( .) of Babylon's utter collapse" (Swete). The smoke of the city's ruin ( ; ., ) instead of incense ( ). Cf. .

‏ Revelation of John 19:3-4

A second time ( δευτερον ). Adverbial accusative, a heavenly encore.

They say ( ειρηκαν ). Perfect active indicative of ειπον. "They have said," not an "aoristic" perfect for "they say," but vivid dramatic perfect as in 5:7 and the form in -αν instead of -ασιν as in 18:3; 21:6.

Goeth up ( αναβαινε ). Linear present active indicative of αναβαινω, "keeps on going up," "a last touch to the description already given (18:21ff.) of Babylon's utter collapse" (Swete). The smoke of the city's ruin (14:11; 18:8f.,18) instead of incense (8:4). Cf. Isa 34:9f.

Fell down and worshipped God ( επεσαν κα προσεκυνησαν τω θεω ). Precisely as in 7:11, which see. The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures take up the antiphonal chorus of the angels.