Revelation 6:3–4

6:3 Then10 when the Lamb11 opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!” 6:4 And another horse, fiery red,12 came out, and the one who rode it13 was granted permission14 to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher15 one another, and he was given a huge sword.

10	tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
11	tn Grk “he”; the referent (the Lamb) has been specified in the translation for clarity here and throughout the rest of the chapter.
12	tn L&N 79.31 states, “ ‘fiery red’ (probably with a tinge of yellow or orange).”
13	tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”
14	tn The word “permission” is implied; Grk “it was given to him to take peace from the earth.”
15	tn BDAG 979 s.v. σφάζω states, “Of the killing of a person by violence … σφάζειν τινά butcher or murder someone (4 Km 10:7; Jer 52:10; Manetho: 609 fgm. 8, 76 Jac. [in Jos., C. Ap. 1, 76]; Demetr.[?]: 722 fgm. 7; Ar. 10, 9) 1J 3:12; Rv 6:4. Pass. (Hdt. 5, 5) 5:9; 6:9; 18:24.”