καὶ εἶδον. א omits.

καθήμενον ὅμοιον. Text. Rec[488] has καθήμενος ὅμοιος with 1 7 49 91.

[488] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.

υἱῷ. Tisch[489] and W. H[490] read υἱὸν with אAB2; P has υἱοῦ, 1 υἱός.

[489] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited.
[490] H. Westcott aud Hort.

ἔχων. א* has ἔχοντα, אcC ἔχον.

14. εἶδον, καὶ ἰδού. The first accounts for the accusative καθήμενον, the second for the nominative νεφέλη.

ἔχων. Here, as often, a participle seems to take the place of a finite verb.

στέφανον χρυσοῦν. There is no other instance of a crowned Angel in this book; for the Rider on the White Horse in chap. 6 is probably the spiritual form of an earthly conqueror.

δρέπανον ὀξύ. The image of the harvest, combined with that of the vintage, is from Joel 3:13. See however St Matthew 13:36 sqq.

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