en_tn_lite_do_not_use/rev/14/01.md

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General Information:

The word "I" refers to John.

Connecting Statement:

John begins to describe the next part of his vision. There are 144,000 believers standing before the Lamb.

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. Alternate translation: "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)