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Revelation 15:2
ESV And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire — and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.
NIV And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God
NASB And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who were victorious over the beast and his image and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God.
CSB I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, its image, and the number of its name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.
NLT I saw before me what seemed to be a glass sea mixed with fire. And on it stood all the people who had been victorious over the beast and his statue and the number representing his name. They were all holding harps that God had given them.
KJV And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
NKJV And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.

What does Revelation 15:2 mean?

John looked at what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire. Revelation 4:6 identifies a sea of glass lying before God's throne. In Old Testament times priests washed in a bronze basin before offering sacrifices. However, there is no need of cleansing or sacrificing in heaven, so a sea of glass appears before God's throne.

The fire in the sea of glass may represent divine judgment that is about to fall on the wicked when the seven angels release the seven plagues mentioned in verse 1. The crowd seen standing before the sea of glass may be martyrs, or they may be survivors of the tribulation. This statement is contained in the part of Revelation which is not in any exact chronological order. Regardless, these crowd members are victors. They refused to worship the beast or his image. And they refused to receive the mark of the beast having his number: 666. This group of victors hold harps, indicating they are ready to celebrate.
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