Revelation 10:1
A cloud. The expression occurs seven times in Revelation, and in all of them is connected with the Son of Man. Rainbow. See on ch. Revelation 4:3. Pillars of fire. Compare ch. 1 15.... [ Continue Reading ]
A cloud. The expression occurs seven times in Revelation, and in all of them is connected with the Son of Man. Rainbow. See on ch. Revelation 4:3. Pillars of fire. Compare ch. 1 15.... [ Continue Reading ]
In his hand [ε ν]. The roll of Ch. 5 was on the hand (ejpi, see ch. Revelation 5:1), being too large to be grasped within it. The roll was on the right hand; the little book is in the left. See on ver. 5.... [ Continue Reading ]
Cried [ε κ ρ α ξ ε ν]. See on Mark 5:5. As when. The when of A. V. is unnecessary. Roareth [μ υ κ α τ α ι]. Only here in the New Testament. Peter uses wjruomai for the voice of the lion. See on 1 Peter 5:8. The verb here is originally applied to the lowing of cattle, expressing the sound, moo - ka... [ Continue Reading ]
To write. According to the injunction in ch. 1 11.... [ Continue Reading ]
His hand. Add thn dexian the right, and see on ver. 2. On lifting the hand in swearing, see Genesis 14:22; Exodus 6:8 (margin); Deuteronomy 32:40.... [ Continue Reading ]
Swear by [ω μ ο σ ε ν ε ν]. Lit., "swear in," a Hebrew idiom. Should be time no longer [χ ρ ο ν ο ς ο υ κ ε σ τ α ι ε π ι]. Rev., correctly, shall be, etc. The meaning is not, as popularly understood, that time shall cease to exist, but that there shall be no more delay (so Rev., in margin) before... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall begin to sound [μ ε λ λ η σ α λ π ι ζ ε ν]. Wrong. Rev., correctly, when he is about to sound. The mystery [τ ο μ υ σ τ η ρ ι ο ν]. See on Matthew 13:11. Declared [ε υ η γ γ ε λ ι σ ε ν]. The word used of declaring the good news of salvation. Here of declaring the mystery of the kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
Spake unto me. Render, as Rev., "I heard it again speaking.... [ Continue Reading ]
I went [α π η λ θ ο ν]. The preposition ajpo has the force of away. I went away from the place where I was standing. Eat it up. Compare Ezekiel 3:1-3; Jeremiah 14:16.... [ Continue Reading ]