Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 14:5
And in their month there was found no guile — Part for the whole. Nothing untrue, unkind, unholy. They are without fault — Having preserved inviolate a virgin purity both of soul and body.
And in their month there was found no guile — Part for the whole. Nothing untrue, unkind, unholy. They are without fault — Having preserved inviolate a virgin purity both of soul and body.
REVELATION 14:5 a;mwmoi The introduction of the connective ga,r (î47 a 046 1006 1611 2344 itar vgmss syrph, h copsa, bo _al,_ followed by the Textus Receptus) is a natural additi...
Verse Revelation 14:5. _IN THEIR MOUTH WAS FOUND NO GUILE_] When brought before kings and rulers they did not dissemble, but boldly confessed the Lord Jesus....
AND IN THEIR MOUTH WAS FOUND NO GUILE - No deceit, fraud, hypocrisy. They were sincerely and truly what they professed to be - the children of God. This is the last characteristic which is given of th...
CHAPTER 14 Grace ancient _ 1. The Lamb and the 144,000 (Revelation 14:1)_ 2. The everlasting gospel (Revelation 14:6) 3. Fall of Babylon anticipated (Revelation 14:8) 4. Wrath fo
REVELATION 14:1. After the horror and tragedy of the last two Chapter s, we have another pause in the movement of the drama, a new vision of heaven and the bliss of the redeemed. REVELATION 14:1. THE...
The reader has learned that the thirteenth chapter is devoted to. description of two mighty powers of wickedness which, hand in hand, have waged war upon the Church of Christ. It is. gloomy picture, w...
THE FATHER'S OWN (Revelation 14:1) _ 14:1 I saw, and behold the Lamb stood on Mount Sion, and there were with him one hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name, and the name of his Father writ...
WAS... GUILE. was not found (_the)_ lie, as the texts. WITHOUT FAULT. See Ephesians 1:4. BEFORE... GOD. The texts omit....
_no guile_ Read, NO LIE. _before the throne of God_ Should be omitted; and so perhaps should "for....
ΨΕΥ͂ΔΟΣ. Text. Rec[474] has δόλος with 1. [474] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ἌΜΩΜΟΙ ΓΆΡ ΕἸΣΙΝ. Lachmann omits γὰρ with ACP; and Text. Rec[475] adds ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου with mediæval...
Revelation 14:1-5. THE LAMB UPON MOUNT SION...
ΣΤΌΜΑ (G4750) рот. ΕΎΡΈΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΕΎΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить, ΆΜΩΜΟΣ (G299) непорочный. Левитский термин, относящийся к жертвоприношению: не имеющий никаких недостатков. Если идея непороч...
DISCOURSE: 2515 THE FELICITY OF HEAVEN Revelation 14:1. And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Fathers name written in their...
I LOOKED, AND, LO, A LAMB, &C.— After the account of the rise and reign of the beast (says Bishop Newton), the Spirit of prophesy delineates, by way of opposition, the state of the true church during...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 40 Text Revelation 14:1-5 1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XIV PARENTHETICAL VISION OF THE TIME OF THE END _Text (Revelation 14:1-20)_ 1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and fo...
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. GUILE. So Andreas; but 'Aleph (') A B C, Origen, Andreas, in other copies, read, 'falsehood.' Compare Psalm...
__ Temple Section-The 144,000 18 All will be obliged to have one of three marks to indicate their worship of the wild beast: either its symbol, its name, or its number. The number, we are told, is t...
THE LAMB AND HIS FOLLOWERS. JUDGMENT ON HIS ENEMIES In the last two Chapter s were seen the enemies of the Church, and their fierce power. Now, by way of contrast, and to encourage the Church to resi...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 14 THE *LAMB ON THE HILL CALLED ZION - REVELATION 14:1-5 V1 Then I looked, and there was the *Lamb. He was standing on the hill cal...
THESE ARE THEY... — The characteristics of the servants of the Lamb are given in this verse and the following. The first is _purity_: they are virgins. The expression can hardly be limited to the unma...
CHAPTER XI THE LAMB ON THE MOUNT ZION AND THE HARVEST AND VINTAGE OF THE WORLD. Revelation 14:1. THE twelfth and thirteenth Chapter s of this book were designed to set before us a picture of the thr...
Revelation 14:1-5, introduced as a foil to what precedes and as an anticipation of 21 22, is “a sort of Te Deum” (Wellhausen), a vision of the Lamb no longer _as slain_ but triumphant (militant on the...
ἄμωμοι, “unblemished” (a ritual term), possibly contains a sacrificial tinge, like ἀπαρχή in some of the inscriptions (= gift to deity), _cf._ Thieme's _Inschriften von Magnesia_, 26. These adherents...
THE LAMB'S CHOSEN WORSHIPERS Revelation 14:1 The blessed ones with whom this chapter opens are only the first-fruit sheaf from the great harvest field. Think of it! If one sheaf consists of 144,000,...
The attention of the seer was now turned again to the heavenly order. The redeemed are seen standing with the Lamb, a company of obedient souls who follow Him "whithersoever He goeth." In distinction...
These verses seem to describe in symbolic terms the spiritual purity of the men and women who make up the bride of Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:2; James 4:4) Their purity is in clear contrast to the spir...
(1) And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. (2) And I heard a voice from heaven, as...
We begin now what may be called the second volume of the Revelation. The prophetic part of the book divides into two portions at this point. This is another land-mark that cannot be despised, if we wo...
Heavenly Announcements I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we took a little time to discuss the "name and number" of the beast! 1. We concluded that this system is already in place and some of it has been...
In Chapter 14 we have the dealings of God with the evil, only first owning and setting apart the remnant. The remnant belongs entirely to the renewed earth: they are seen on that which is the centre o...
AND IN THEIR MOUTH WAS FOUND NO GUILE,.... Or "a lie", as the Complutensian edition, the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions read; by which may be meant idolatry, for id...
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. Ver. 5. _And in their mouth_] Children they are that will not lie,Isaiah 63:8, neither is a deceitful tongu...
WITHOUT FAULT; having been sanctified and presented spotless before God. Judges 1:24....
OF THE CHURCH OF THE REFORMATION AND THE FALL OF SPIRITUAL BABYLON. The Lamb and His followers:...
AND IN THEIR MOUTH WAS FOUND NO GUILE; FOR THEY ARE WITHOUT FAULT BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD. After the picture of abomination in the preceding chapter we have here visions full of comfort and strength...
THE LAMB AND 144,000 ON MOUNT ZION In the first five verses of this chapter we find another striking preview of the blessing of the godly remnant in Israel. This preview is given at the time when the...
_ 5 And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God._ A. The description continues - There was no deceit in them. They were blameless. The American Standar...
1-5 Mount Sion is the gospel church. Christ is with his church, and in the midst of her in all her troubles, therefore she is not consumed. His presence secures perseverance. His people appear honour...
Not that any liveth and sinneth not against God, but it is to be understood comparatively; they are without fault in comparison of the rest of the world, they have not in them the guile of hypocrisy,...
Revelation 14:5 And G2532 in G1722 their G846 mouth G4750 found G2147 (G5681) no G3756 deceit G1388 for...
Revelation 14:4-5. THESE ARE THEY WHICH WERE NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN, FOR THEY ARE VIRGINS. The description is in three clauses each beginning with the word ‘These.' (1) ‘They are virgins' not all of t...
WAS FOUND NO LIE (ουχ ευρεθη ψευδος). First aorist passive indicative of ευρισκω. In 1 Peter 2:23 this passage (Isaiah 53:9) is quoted with δολος (deceit, guile) instead of ψευδος (lie), but the di...
Revelation 14:1. _And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written on their foreheads._ The great question for...
Revelation 14:1. _And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb_ John always writes of Jesus as the «Lamb.» His Lord is to him in his sacrificial character always «the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the wo...
The Church of God had undergone a very great trial; there had arisen a cruel and wicked persecuting system, described by John in his vision as a beast, a terrible dragon, of which we read that «it was...
CONTENTS: Vision of the Lamb and the 144,000 sealed Israelites. The angel with the everlasting gospel. Fall of Babylon. The doom of the beast worshippers. Blessedness of the holy dead. Vision of Armag...
Revelation 14:1. _Lo, a Lamb,_ the Lord Christ, _stood on mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty four thousand,_ whom he had redeemed to God by his blood. Here is the church of the firstborn, bo...
THE LAMB STANDING ON MOUNT ZION. _"Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion"_ (Psalms 125:1) Compare Hebrews 12:22; and see note on Revelation 7:9. 144,
_A Lamb … and with Him an hundred forty and four thousand._ THE 144,000 I. Who are these 144,000? They are the identical 144,000 sealed ones spoken of in chapter 7., with only this difference, that...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 14:4 HAVE NOT DEFILED THEMSELVES WITH WOMEN, FOR THEY ARE VIRGINS. Soldiers often avoided having sex during the wars God commanded (see...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 14:1 The vision sequence leading to the seven last plagues (which will be described as “bowls” of God’s wrath, Revelation 16:1) opens and closes with scenes o
Here is seen the Lamb of God standing on Mt. Zion with 144,000 redeemed souls. There was a great anthem in heaven that rose in mighty crescendo like the roar of the sea and the roll of mighty thunder....
THE VISION OF THE FAITHFUL SERVANTS OF GOD _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THAT we may be assured of the safety of God’s faithful ones, even during the time of the triumph of the beast and false prop...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 14:1 AND I LOOKED; _and I saw, _indicating a fresh phase of the vision (cf. Revelation 4:1, etc.). Having described (Revelation 12:1
_2 AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN, AS THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS, AND AS THE VOICE OF A GREAT THUNDER: AND THE VOICE WHICH I HEARD WAS AS THE VOICE OF HARPERS HARPING WITH THEIR HARPS:_ _ 3 AND THEY...
And I looked, and, lo, there was a Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads (Revelation 14:1). Now back in...
1 Peter 3:10; Colossians 1:22; Daniel 6:4; Ephesians 5:27; Hosea 10:2;
Guile [δ ο λ ο ς]. Read yeudov lie. Without fault [α μ ω μ ο ι]. Rev., blemish. See on 1 Peter 1:19. Before the throne of God. Omit....
JEWISH OUTCOMERS FROM THE GREAT TRIBULATION Revelation 7:1; _Revelation 14:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are some people who see but one Rapture. For our part we see several. 1. THERE IS THE RAPTURE...
MERCY AND PUNISHMENT Revelation 14:1, _Revelation 15:1; Revelation 16:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open our study on three Chapter s in Revelation, we find various scenes in chapte
Here St. John closes the description of the fore-mentioned followers of the Lamb, 1. With the character of their integrity; like the Lamb, no guile is found in their mouth, as there was none in his, 1...