George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Revelation 1:4
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Ab eo qui erat, & qui est, & qui venturus est, Greek: apo tou o on, kai o en, kai o erchomenos, as if it was said, Greek: apo tou os legetai o on, &c.
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Ab eo qui erat, & qui est, & qui venturus est, Greek: apo tou o on, kai o en, kai o erchomenos, as if it was said, Greek: apo tou os legetai o on, &c.
Verse Revelation 1:4. _JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES_] The apostle begins this much in the manner of the Jewish prophets. They often name themselves in the messages which they receive from God to delive...
JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA - The word “Asia” is used in quite different senses by different writers. It is used: (1)As referring to the whole eastern continent now known by that nam...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE PATMOS VISION OF THE GLORIFIED SON OF MAN CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Revelation 1:1)_ 2. Greeting and benediction (Revelation 1:4) 3. The praise (Revel
THE GREETING is addressed to the seven churches of Asia for whom the book was written. REVELATION 1:4. SEVEN CHURCHES, _ i.e._ Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea. ASI...
JOHN'S VISION OF CHRIST.-- Revelation 1:4-18. GOLDEN TEXT. --_. am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold,. am alive forevermore._ -- Revelation 1:18. TIME. --About A. D. 96. On the Lord's day. PLAC...
The opening scenes of Revelation are of the most striking character. Though the apostle is confined upon. lonely rock of the sea and is far away from the saints assembled in the name of Christ, yet be...
GOD'S REVELATION TO MEN (Revelation 1:1-3)...
This is John writing to the seven Churches which are in Asia. Grace be to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne, and from...
SEVEN. See App-10 and App-197. CHURCHES. GREEK. _ EKKLESIA._ APP-120 AND APP-186. in. App-104. ASIA. Not Europe, and consequently not Christendom. GRACE. App-184. FROM. APP-104. Him... come. Gre...
Prologue, Revelation 1:4-9 4. _John_ The Apostle, the son of Zebedee, who (probably afterwards) wrote the Gospel: see Introduction. _seven churches_ The number of course is symbolical or representati...
ἸΩΆΝΝΗΣ. The Apostle, the son of Zebedee, who (probably afterwards) wrote the Gospel: see Introduction, pp. xl, xlix. ΤΑΙ͂Σ ἙΠΤᾺ ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΙΣ. The number of course is symbolical or representative: there...
_A REVELATION OF LOVE AND BLOOD -- REVELATION 1:4-8:_ The book of Revelation was written to the seven churches of Asia. There were other churches in that general area including Troas, Colosse and Hier...
ΤΑΪ́Σ ΈΠΤ ΈΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΙΣ ΤΑΪΣ ΈΝ ΤΉ ΆΣΊΣΙ (G2033; G1577; G1722; G773) "семи церквам в Асии". Эти церкви были выбраны как типичные общины, с учетом их истории и духовного состояния (Thomas; о мнении, что...
DISCOURSE: 2475 EACH PERSON IN THE HOLY TRINITY TO BE ADDRESSED IN PRAYER Revelation 1:4. John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was,...
JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES— The apostle dedicates his book, Revelation 1:4 to the seven churches of the Lydian or Proconsular Asia, wishing them grace and peace from God the Father, as the author and...
Tomlinson's Comments PROLOGUE 1:18 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 2 Text Revelation 1:4-8 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits th...
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; JOHN the...
1 This is the unveiling of a Person Jesus Christ-not merely a prediction revealed through Him. God gives it to Him as a reward for His sufferings. 1 Swiftly-not _ soon_, but with speed. On the morning...
1:4 come; (e-26) It is not 'about to come,' for the _ act_ of the Lord's coming is not immediately before the mind. I will not say there is no allusion to the future awaited exercise of divine power;...
THE VISION OF THE SON OF MAN St. John addresses 'the seven churches which are in Asia,' telling them of a vision of Christ, who bade him, write in a book what he saw and send it to them. 1-3. Introdu...
JOHN] We know of no John, except the Apostle, who had authority to address seven Churches. SEVEN] the number which signifies completeness. These seven Churches stand also for the whole Church of Chris...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF REVELATION 1 THE WRITER The writer of this book simply calls himself John. He wrote to the *churches in Asia. He describe...
JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES (or, _congregations_) WHICH ARE IN ASIA. — It is needless to observe that the Asia here is not to be regarded as co-extensive with what we know as Asia Minor. It is the prov...
CHAPTER I. THE PROLOGUE. Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show unto His servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and He sent and signified it th...
The prologue....
ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλ., seven being the sacred and complete number in apocalyptic symbolism (_E. Bi._ 343 6). The ταῖς must refer proleptically to to Revelation 1:11; for other churches existed and flourishe...
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST Revelation 1:1 In His capacity as mediator, our Lord receives from the Father and transmits to His servants, that they may in turn transmit to the world of men, the gre...
The theme of this Book is found in its opening sentence, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." This should be borne in mind from first to last, and our object should be to see Him as He is here revealed....
THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA In light of the symbolic nature of this book we have already suggested that seven churches are addressed because it is a perfect number. These seven would seem to stand for...
(2) John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, (3) from him (c) which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from (4) the (d) seven Spirits which are before hi...
(4) John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; (5) And...
That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the stronge...
_TRINITY BLESSINGS_ ‘Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before His throne; and from Jesus Christ, Who is the fa...
I Am I. INTRODUCTION A. Isaiah 11:1-2 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisd...
The revelation is one belonging to Jesus Christ, which God gave Him, and He signifies it to John. Though God over all blessed for ever, He is here seen as Son of man, the rejected Messiah or Lamb, and...
JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA,.... In lesser Asia; their names are mentioned in Revelation 1:11; GRACE [BE] UNTO YOU, AND PEACE; which is the common salutation of the apostles in all t...
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace _be_ unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; Ver. 4. _...
_John_ The dedication of this book is contained in the 4th, 5th, and 6th verses; but the whole Revelation is a kind of letter. _To the seven churches which are in Asia_ That part of the Lesser Asia, w...
TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA; we are to understand here the Roman province of Proconsular Asia, embracing the provinces of Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and as it would seem, the western part of Phr...
The prologue:...
JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA: GRACE BE UNTO YOU, AND PEACE FROM HIM WHICH IS, AND WHICH WAS, AND WHICH IS TO COME, AND FROM THE SEVEN SPIRITS WHICH ARE BEFORE HIS THRONE,...
God gave this Revelation to Jesus Christ so that He might, as the Son of Man, communicate this to His servants. It is He who has been entrusted with the restitution of all things, and is therefore giv...
_ 5 John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,_ A. The common manner o...
4-8 There can be no true peace, where there is not true grace; and where grace goeth before, peace will follow. This blessing is in the name of God, of the Holy Trinity, it is an act of adoration. Th...
JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA: John, the apostle and evangelist, writes either to all the churches of Asia under the notion of seven, (which is the number of perfection), or to those se...
Revelation 1:4 John G2491 seven G2033 churches G1577 which G3588 in G1722 Asia G773 Grace G5485 you G5213 and...
‘John to the seven churches who are in Asia: Grace to you, and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ who i...
Revelation 1:4-6. After the manner of the prophets of the O. T., the writer now brings himself forward by name, and directly addresses the Church. In the consciousness of his Divine commission, and of...
The Preface of the book is over, and the Salutation follows....
In the first paragraph of the chapter we have the Preface and the Salutation of the book, the one extending from Revelation 1:1 to Revelation 1:3, the other from Revelation 1:4 to...
TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA (ταις επτα εκκλησιαις ταις εν τη Ασια). Dative case as in a letter (Galatians 1:1). John is writing, but the revelation is from God and Christ through an ange...
Revelation 1:4 I take the words simply as they lie here, asking you to consider, first, how grace and peace come to us "from the faithful Witness"; how, secondly, they come "from the First-begotten f...
Revelation 1:4 A reason why the Holy Ghost is called "the seven spirits" is found in that remarkable sevenfold action by which He works upon the soul of a man, for though the influences of the Holy G...
Revelation 1:1. _The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant J...
Revelation 1:1. _The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant J...
CONTENTS: The Patmos vision of John and the command to write. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, John. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the Alpha and the Omega, speaks to believers through the Apostle J...
Revelation 1:1. _The Revelation of Jesus Christ,_ which reaches to the end of time, and is a continuation of the Hebrew, and the christian prophets of the new testament. This revelation properly begin...
JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES. This is to the Roman province called Asia. Ephesus was the capital. All seven churches are in that province. They are named in Revelation 1:11. There were other churches as...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:4 This greeting identifies the author and recipients. THE SEVEN CHURCHES THAT ARE IN ASIA. Churches existed in other cities of Roman Asia (e.g., Colossae, Troas). Thus...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:1 Prologue. The terms “revelation,” “show,” “made it known,” and “he saw” prepare readers for symbolic visions. ⇐
These verses must be held together, and grasped comprehensively to get the proper view-point. "John to the seven churches which are in Asia." What he writes, he writes to those seven churches; and thi...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 1:4. CHURCHES.—Or congregations. ASIA.—The single province, not the whole Asia Minor. It may have been the province in which St. John had chiefly laboured. T...
EXPOSITION THE TITLE. The simplest form of this, as of other books of the New Testament, is the oldest: 'The Revelation of John' (Αποκάλυψις Ιωάννου). Other forms worth noting are: 'The Revelation o...
_4 JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA: GRACE BE UNTO YOU, AND PEACE, FROM HIM WHICH IS, AND WHICH WAS, AND WHICH IS TO COME; AND FROM THE SEVEN SPIRITS WHICH ARE BEFORE HIS THRONE;_ The book...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the book of Revelation, chapter one? The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Revelation 1:1), The Greek word "apokalupsis" is literally the unveiling. So in the very first...
1 Corinthians 1:3; 1 Corinthians 12:4; 1 Peter 1:1; 1 Peter 1:2;...
John. Note the absence of all official titles, such as are found in Paul; showing that John writes as one whose position is recognized. Seven. Among every ancient people, especially in the East, a rel...
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST Revelation 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The word "Revelation." The word "revelation" means an unveiling or uncovering, thus we approach the last Book of the Bible with a...
John — The dedication of this book is contained in Revelation 1:4; but the whole Revelation is a kind of letter. To the seven churches which are in Asia — That part of the Lesser Asia which was then a...
How can the Holy Spirit be seven spirits if He is one person? PROBLEM: According to the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is one person, the third person of the triune Godhead. Jesus r...
Observe here, 1. The persons to whom St. John writes, and the particular churches which he does salute, namely, the seven churches of Asia, which were then the most famous and flourishing churches in...