Revelation 15:4

ὅσιος. B2 reads ἅγιος.

πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. B2 reads πάντες.

ὅτι τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐφανερώθησαν. א reads ὅτι δικαιώμ. ἐνώπιόν σου ἐφαν.

4. This verse proves that Revelation 15:2-4 are originally rather the epilogue to chap. 14 than part of the introduction to chap. 16. There we are told again and again that the seven last plagues only lead to blasphemy, here the victors exult in a judgement which convinces all. See Romans 3:19; Philippians 2:11; Exodus 7:3; Exodus 8:15 &c. It is better with Westcott and Hort to put the note of interrogation after ὅσιος: the connexion is, Who dares withhold his worship from the one righteous God? Who can withhold it when every nation is subdued to His worship by the manifestation of His Almighty Power in righteous acts?

ὅσιος. Not the same word (ἅγιος) as is applied to God in Revelation 4:8 &c., but ordinarily used of human piety or holiness—and in that sense applied to our Lord, in His human character, in Hebrews 7:26. It is only used of God here and in Revelation 16:5 (the true text): in both places the sense is that God is “justified in His saying and clear when He is judged.” Here it may also be meant that in this none of the gods is like unto Him, cf. Psalms 82:1.

πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἥξουσιν. Psalms 86:9; Isaiah 66:23.

δικαιώματα. Righteous acts, as in Revelation 19:8. The word only occurs four times besides in the plural in the New Testament: Romans 2:26 and in a slightly different sense Luke 1:6; Hebrews 9:1; Hebrews 9:10.