The Lamb upon Mount Zion. Chap. 14 Revelation 14:1-5 1. _a Lamb_ Read THE LAMB: of course the same as in chap. 5. _on the mount Sion_ Probably the earthly one the heavenly Jerusalem of chap. 21 has not yet appeared. And in Revelation 11:7-8 we had an intimation that the seer's gaze was now directe... [ Continue Reading ]
_as the voice … great thunder_ It was as loud and as _multitudinous_as these, but was harmonious, and apparently articulate.... [ Continue Reading ]
_sung_ More accurately, SING. _as it were_ Should perhaps be omitted, as in Revelation 5:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
_for they are virgins_ The first instance of the use of the word as a masculine. It was adopted in ecclesiastical language, and applied e.g. to St John himself. It is best to understand the word literally. St Matthew 19:12; 1 Corinthians 7 prove, on any fair interpretation, that a devout and unselfi... [ Continue Reading ]
_no guile_ Read, NO LIE. _before the throne of God_ Should be omitted; and so perhaps should "for.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Angel with the Everlasting Gospel, Revelation 14:6-7 6. _another angel_ Different from the many mentioned before, _perhaps_especially distinguished from the one who appears in ch. 10, but see Revelation 14:17; Revelation 18:1, where such a reference is hardly possible. _in the midst of heaven_... [ Continue Reading ]
_give glory to him_ See on Revelation 11:13. _the sea, and the fountains of waters_ Distinguished as (so to speak) different elements, as in Revelation 8:8; Revelation 8:10; Revelation 16:3-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Angels of Warning, Revelation 14:8-11 8. _another angel_ The correct text is ANOTHER ANGEL A SECOND. _Babylon … that great city_ READ BABYLON THE GREAT as in Revelation 17:5. See also Revelation 18:10; Revelation 18:18; Revelation 18:21 where we have "Babylon THE great city," " THE great city" (mea... [ Continue Reading ]
_the third angel_ Read, ANOTHER ANGEL, A THIRD.... [ Continue Reading ]
_drink of the wine of the wrath of God_ Psalms 75:8 (9); Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:22; Jeremiah 25:15 sqq. _poured out without mixture_ Lit. MIXED UNMIXED: there is prob. nothing meant but the sense of the A. V., the "pouring out" of wine being _usually_a process of "mixing." But the paradoxical form... [ Continue Reading ]
_Here is the patience of the saints_ See Revelation 13:10, and the end of the note there. _here are they_ Should be omitted, reading OF THE SAINTS THAT KEEP, &c. The construction, though not that of classical Greek, is that usual in cases of apposition in this Book.... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessing on the Faithful Dead, and the Harvest and the Vintage of the Earth, Revelation 14:13-20 13. _Write_ See on Revelation 10:4. _Blessed are the dead_&c. Two questions arise as to this verse, though its touching associations make us unwilling to raise questions about it. What is its relevance... [ Continue Reading ]
_I looked_ Better, BEHELD, as Revelation 4:1, &c. _one sat_ More literally, [I saw] ONE SITTING. It is scarcely possible to doubt that a vision of the Last Judgement is here interposed, to encourage "the patience of the Saints" that is to be so sorely tried. No one would have doubted that "One like... [ Continue Reading ]
_another angel_ It is probably not relevant to argue that in classical Greek this would not necessarily imply that the previously named Person is an Angel, even if "another" is meant to distinguish the Angel from Him. But comparing Revelation 14:6, it appears that the angel may be called "another" s... [ Continue Reading ]
_thrust in_ Lit. CAST: but the word is used in much milder senses, e.g. of the Lord "putting" His fingers in the deaf man's ears, St Mark 7:33. The A. V. can therefore be defended: but it is perhaps likelier, that He Who sat on the cloud _threw down_the sickle, for others (unnamed angels) to reap wi... [ Continue Reading ]
_the altar_ Revelation 6:9. _which had power over fire_ Plainly the A. V. leads us to understand an elemental Angel, like "the Angel of the Waters" in Revelation 16:5. This is not impossible: the word "fire" has the article, but in Greek "the element of fire" would be naturally so expressed. It may... [ Continue Reading ]
_thrust in_ CAST as in Revelation 14:16: but here the Angel himself plainly gathers, as well as supplies the instrument for gathering. _the great winepress_ Isaiah 63:2-3; Lamentations 1:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the city_ Probably Jerusalem, see on Revelation 14:1. _blood_ Isaiah 63:3. _even unto the horse bridles_ Literally, EVEN UNTO THE BRIDLES OF THE HORSES though no horses are mentioned in the context. Probably the A. V. is right that it is meant as a mere measure, that any horseman riding there fin... [ Continue Reading ]