Revelation 22:17

The promise of 12 a is caught up and answered by a deep “come” from the prophets in ecstasy (πνεῦμα personified, cf. Revelation 2:7, etc.) and the Christian congregation. νύμφη. Hitherto (Revelation 21:2, etc.) this term has been reserved for the church triumphant in the world to come. Now, with the memory of these oracles fresh in his mind, the prophet applies it to the church on earth, as Paul had already done. καὶ ὁ ἀκούων κ. τ. λ., a liturgical note, like Mark 13:14 (cf. Weinel, 84, 85). καὶ ὁ διψῶν κ. τ. λ., addressed to strangers who sometimes attended the Christian worship (cf. 1 Corinthians 14:23-24). For this fine turn of expression (the double use of come), cf. Did. x. 6, “may grace come and may this world pass away. Hosanna to the God of David! If anyone is holy let him come [i.e., to the Lord's table]; if anyone is not, let him repent. Mâr ăna th â” (cf. below, Revelation 22:20). The less likely alternative is to take ἔρχου here as addressed not to Jesus but to the outside world.