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Connecting Statement:
John begins to describe the next part of his vision. There are 144,000 believers standing before the Lamb.
General Information:
The word "I" refers to John.
Lamb
A "lamb" is a young sheep. Here is it used symbolically to refer to Christ. See how you translated this in Revelation 5:6. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)
144,000
"one hundred forty-four thousand." See how you translated this in Revelation 7:4. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)
who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads
This can be stated in active form. AT: "on whose foreheads the Lamb and his Father had written their names" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
his Father
This is an important title for God that describes the relationship between God and Jesus. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples)
a voice from heaven
"a sound from heaven"