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Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city.
REVELATION 22:14 plu,nontej ta.j stola.j auvtw/n {A} Instead of plu,nontej ta.j stola.j auvtw/n, supported by a A about 15 minuscules (including 1006 2020 2053) itar vg copsa _al,_ the Textus Receptu...
Verse Revelation 22:14. _BLESSED_ ARE _THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS_] They are happy who are obedient. _THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE_] The original is much more expressive, Ἱνα εστ...
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS - See the notes on Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:7. THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT - That they may be entitled to approach the tree of life; that this privilege may...
CHAPTER 22:6-21 The Final Messages __ 1. The angel's message (Revelation 22:6) 2. The message of the Lord (Revelation 22:12) 3. The two classes (Revelation 22:14)...
THE EPILOGUE. The Epilogue consists of the last words, warnings, and exhortations of the angel and the seer. Revelation 22:6. these words: the contents of the book. SHORTLY COME TO PASS: the author t...
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS. The Revision reads, "That wash their robes." This is probably the reading of the better Greek manuscripts. The two renderings are only different ways of sayi...
THE RIVER OF LIFE (Revelation 22:1-2)...
BLESSED. Greek. _makarios._ Fiftieth (App-10) and last occurance in N.T. Compare the forty-two occs. of the Hebrew equivalent, _'ashrey,_ the first in Deuteronomy 33:29 (Happy). DO HIS COMMANDMENTS. T...
_that do his commandments_ Read, THAT WASH THEIR ROBES: cf. Revelation 7:14. The change from one reading to the other is in the Greek only one of a few letters; it seems uncalled for to charge the cop...
THE WITNESS OF THE LORD...
ΟἹ ΠΛΎΝΟΝΤΕΣ ΤᾺΣ ΣΤΟΛᾺΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν. Text. Rec[883] reads οἱ ποιοῦντες τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ with B2 Tert[884] Cyp[885] Tyc[886][883] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [884] Tertullian as quoted...
_THE BLESSEDNESS OF OBEDIENCE REVELATION 22:14-16:_ Observe the great promise of God: "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through...
ΠΛΎΝΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΛΎΝΩ (G4150) мыть, ΣΤΟΛΆΣ _acc. pl. от_ ΣΤΟΛΉ (G4749) одежда. Это слово обозначает длинное развевающееся одеяние (Trench, Synonyms, 186; TDNT). ΪΝ (G2443) что, чтоб...
DISCOURSE: 2532 OBEDIENCE, THE WAY TO LIFE Revelation 22:14. _Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city...
JOHN SAW THESE THINGS, AND HEARD, &C.— St. John testifies himself to have been the person who _saw and heard these things;_ and in his extasy falling into the same mistake which he had committed, ch....
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XXII THE NEW JERUSALEM AND ITS LIFE _Text (Revelation 22:1-21)_ 1 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 73 Text Revelation 22:10-16 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand. 11 He that is unrighteous, let him do unri...
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. DO HIS COMMANDMENTS. So B, Syriac, Coptic, Cyprian; but A...
SECOND THRONE SECTION 24 The vision has ended. John now is back again in Patmos and tells what _ will be _ in the days of the vision. It is not that the common and abominable will be outside the city...
22:14 may (a-10) See Note c, Galatians 2:4 ....
THE VISION ENDED. THE LORD IS AT HAND The inner life of the heavenly Jerusalem is described. Then the 'Revelation' closes with the repeated assurance that Christ is at hand, and with the yearnings of...
DO HIS COMMANDMENTS] RV 'wash their robes.' RIGHT] RV 'the right to come.' 16F. The Messiah attests the Revelation (Revelation 22:16). The Holy Spirit in the Church (cp. Romans 8:16), and the Church h...
(6-21) These verses contain the concluding words. It is the Epilogue of the Book; it deals with practical exhortations, warnings, and blessings....
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS... — The reading of two of the best MSS. is, “Blessed are they that wash their robes.” If we adopt, as we probably ought, this reading, the line of thought su...
CHAPTER XVIII. THE EPILOGUE. Revelation 22:6. THE visions of the Seer have closed, and closed with a picture of the final and complete triumph of the Church over all her enemies. No more glorious re...
“COME, LORD JESUS” Revelation 22:10 _ Still_, four times repeated, implies the crystallization and permanence of character. The rewards mentioned here are for the faithful service of Christ's steward...
Still gazing at the city, the seer beheld the great river of water of life. On its banks is the tree of life, yielding fruit, and leaves for the healing of nations. And once more the apostle declares...
The American Standard renders the first part of this verse, "Blessed are they that wash their robes." Such would refer to the washing in Christ's blook (Revelation 1:5) which can only be ours if we ke...
Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, (7) that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (7) The blessedness of the godly set down by their tit...
_That they may have a right or power to eat of the tree of life. A right grounded on the promises of God and his graces. (Witham)_...
(14) Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (15) For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremonge...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
The End and Beginning? I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study we saw a "new heaven" and a "new earth" created by the Lord as He wiped away the curse of sin and started over. 1. We also saw a new city...
The connection of the holy city with the earth, though not on it, is everywhere seen. The river of God refreshed the city, and the tree of life, whose fruits ever ripe were food for the celestial inha...
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS,.... Either the commandments of God, Revelation 12:17 the precepts of the moral law, which are the whole duty of man; which are done either legally in order t...
Blessed _are_ they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Ver. 14. _That they may have right_] That they may be assu...
_And behold, I_ Jesus Christ; _come quickly_ To judge the world. _And my reward_ Both of grace and vengeance; _is with me_ The reward which I shall assign, both to the righteous and the wicked, shall...
THE CITY; the heavenly city, the new Jerusalem, the eternal abode of God and his people....
THE RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE AND THE TREE OF LIFE The description of the city continues to the end of verse 5 of this chapter. The city is blessed with a river of the water of life proceeding from the t...
_ 14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city._ A. Again, similar statements were made at the beginni...
6-19 The Lord Jesus spake by the angel, solemnly confirming the contents of this book, particularly of this last vision. He is the Lord God faithful and true. Also by his messengers; the holy angels...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book II " Inserting thus the particle of present time, "And now," He shows that He had made for a time, and at present, a prolongation of man's life. Therefore He did not ac...
Revelation 22:14 Blessed G3107 do G4160 (G5723) His G846 commandments G1785 that G2443 they G846 have G2071 ...
‘Blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to come to the tree of life and may enter in by the entrances into the city.' Christ is not just concerned to express His glory,...
Revelation 22:14. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT WASH THEIR ROBES, THAT THEY MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE, AND MAY ENTER IN BY THE GATES INTO THE CITY. The thought of the blessed ‘reward' that had be...
The Apocalypse began with a Prologue. As in the case of the Fourth Gospel, it now ends with a corresponding Epilogue, in which the great importance of all the revelations it had contained is again set...
BLESSED (μακαριο). This is the last beatitude of the book and "deals with the issues of the higher life" (Swete).THEY THAT WASH THEIR ROBES (ο πλυνοντες τας στολας αυτων). Present active articular...
Revelation 22:14 The Last Beatitude of the Ascended Christ. I. If we are clean, it is because we have been made so. The first beatitude that Jesus Christ spoke from the mountain was, "Blessed are the...
Revelation 22:1. _And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb._ Here again we have God and the Lamb uniting in giving that «w...
Revelation 22:1. _And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the lamb._ There is no other «water of life» except that which springs f...
Revelation 22:1. _And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb._ Rivers partake of the character of the source from which they...
CONTENTS: The New Paradise and its river of the water of life. The last exhortation of Christ to be ready for His second coming. CONCLUSION: The Paradise lost by the first Adam shall be restored by th...
Revelation 22:1. _He shewed me a pure river of water of life._ From the city we go to the palace, where the vision opens on the rock of ages, the Elohim, seated on his throne. Thence flows the crystal...
HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO WASH THEIR ROBES CLEAN. A "beatitude." See notes on Revelation 22:1; Revelation 22:7. Those who _belong to Christ_ HAVE THE RIGHT to eat the fruit and to go into the city....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:14 BLESSED. The final of the seven benedictions of Revelation (see chart) is for THOSE WHO WASH THEIR ROBES in the conscience-cleansing
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:12 Christ will come to REPAY EACH ONE FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE. He will reward each faithful servant and punish each unbeliever. RECOMPENSE (“wages,” “reward”) indicates d...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:10 John must not “seal” his prophecy as Daniel did his (Daniel 12:4, Daniel 12:9
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 22:6 Epilogue. John reaffirms the truthfulness of the revelation he received. He pronounces blessing on those who keep its words, and promises that Jesus will soon return...
"He that is unjust, let him be unjust still." If the wicked persists in his wickedness, refuses all warnings, and resists all the exhortations that are so plentifully scattered through this book, and...
THE RESTORED PARADISE, AND THE EPILOGUE _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE first five verses complete the description of the new heavens and new earth. There is evident reference in the figures of t...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 22:1 AND HE SHOWED ME A PURE RIVER. Omit "pure." "And" connects this part of the vision with what precedes (Revelation 21:9). It would have been better, perhaps, if the twenty-...
_14 BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE, AND MAY ENTER IN THROUGH THE GATES INTO THE CITY._ The eternal commandments are fulfilled in loving God an...
And he shewed me a pure river (Revelation 22:1) You know it is going to be new, because these don't exist anymore here. of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of...
1 Corinthians 7:19; 1 Corinthians 8:9; 1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 John 3:23;...
That do His commandments [ο ι π ο ι ο υ ν τ ε ς τ α ς ε ν τ ο λ α ς α υ τ ο υ]. Read oiJ plunontev tav stolav aujtwn they that wash their robes. Compare ch. 7 14. That they may have right to the tree...
THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB Revelation 19:1; _Revelation 21:1 and Revelation 22:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. It is not diffi
Happy are they that do his commandments — His, who saith, I come — He speaks of himself. That they may have right — Through his gracious covenant. To the tree of life — To all the blessings signified...