Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Revelation 19:17
saw. App-133.
an. one.
the midst of heaven. mid-heaven, as Revelation 14:6.
gather... together. The texts read "be gathered together".
the supper... God. The texts read "the great supper of God".
saw. App-133.
an. one.
the midst of heaven. mid-heaven, as Revelation 14:6.
gather... together. The texts read "be gathered together".
the supper... God. The texts read "the great supper of God".
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19:17 an (g-4) Lit. 'one.'...
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ἐν ἡλίῳ, a commanding and conspicuous position....
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(17) And I saw an angel standing in the (18) sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the (19) midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of t...
An Angel....in the sun,...with a loud voice invites all the birds of the air to a most plentiful entertainment which is preparing for them, where they may fill themselves with human flesh of all kinds...
(17) And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great G...
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AND I SAW AN ANGEL STANDING IN THE SUN,.... By whom is meant, not the angel of the fourth vial, who poured it on the sun, taken in another sense than here, and therefore could not stand in it; nor the...
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;...
Revelation 19:17. "And I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven," etc. Revelation 19:21, "And all the fowls were fill...
_And I saw an angel standing in the sun_ And therefore conspicuous to all; _and he cried with a loud voice to all the fowls of heaven_ To intimate the slaughter and desolation which were soon to come...
THE SUPPER OF THE GREAT GOD; which the great God prepares for you; representing the immense destruction of his enemies, on the flesh of whom the fowls of heaven were invited to feed. The imagery is ta...
The destruction of the anti-Christian forces:...
AND I SAW AN ANGEL STANDING IN THE SUN; AND HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, SAYING TO ALL THE FOWLS THAT FLY IN THE MIDST OF HEAVEN, COME AND GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER UNTO THE SUPPER OF THE GREAT GOD,...
MORE REJOICING IN HEAVEN The prophet John hears in heaven a celebration of great magnitude (v. 1). How rightly so, for the true bride (the Church-Revelation 19:7) is there, and to see all the claims o...
_ 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God,_ A. T...
11-21 Christ, the glorious Head of the church, is described as on a white horse, the emblem of justice and holiness. He has many crowns, for he is King of kings, and Lord of lords. He is arrayed in a...
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Revelation 19:17 Then G2532 saw G1492 (G5627) an G1520 angel G32 standing G2476 (G5761) in G1722 sun...
‘And I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, “Come and be gathered together to the great feast of God, that you might eat the...
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Revelation 19:17. AND I SAW ONE ANGEL STANDING IN THE SUN, AND HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, SAYING TO ALL THE BIRDS THAT FLY IN MID-HEAVEN, COME, BE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO THE GREAT SUPPER OF GOD. For...
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AN ANGEL (ενα αγγελον). Like εις in Revelation 18:21, just "an," not "one."STANDING IN THE SUN (εστωτα εν τω ηλιω). Second perfect active participle of ιστημ (intransitive). "Where all the birds o...
COME Armageddon (the ancient hill and valley of Megiddo, west of Jordan in the plain of Jezreel) is the appointed place for the beginning of the great battle in which the Lord, at His coming in glory...
Revelation 19:1. And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are...
CONTENTS: Parenthetical chapter on what is taking place in heaven while the Tribulation rages. The alleluias, marriage of the Lamb, second coming in glory, Armageddon, doom of the beast, False Prophet...
Revelation 19:1. _I heard a great voice of much people,_ songs in full choir, the songs of heaven and of earth, for both are now made one, saying, _Alleluia,_ written as John expressed it in Greek. Pr...
COME. So certain is the victory of Christ, that an angel already calls the birds to come feast on the slaughtered kings and armies!...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 19:17 The angel’s invitation for BIRDS to pick corpses clean at THE GREAT SUPPER OF GOD reflects an OT covenant judgment ...
Verse eleven opens a new scene, but not an entirely new subject. John sees in heaven the vision of a white horse, the rider was called Faithful and True, his eyes a flame of fire, on his head many cro...
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EXPOSITION REVELATION 19:1 AND AFTER THESE THINGS I HEARD A GREAT VOICE OF MUCH PEOPLE IN HEAVEN, SAYING; _after these things I heard, as it were, a great voice of a great multitude, _etc. The usual...
_17 AND I SAW AN ANGEL STANDING IN THE SUN; AND HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, SAYING TO ALL THE FOWLS THAT FLY IN THE MIDST OF HEAVEN, COME AND GATHER YOURSELVES TOGETHER UNTO THE SUPPER OF THE GREAT G...
After these things (Revelation 19:1) After the destruction of Babylon religious and commercial, chapter seventeen and eighteen. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salv...
Ezekiel 39:17; Isaiah 34:1; Isaiah 56:9; Jeremiah 12:9; Revelati
An angel [ε ν α α γ γ ε λ ο ν]. Lit., "one angel." Fowls [ο ρ ν ε ο ι ς]. See on ch. Revelation 18:2. Rev., birds. Midst of heaven. See on ch. Revelation 8:13. Gather yourselves together [σ υ ν α γ ε...
THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON Revelation 19:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we think of the battle of Armageddon, we are thinking of several Scriptures besides the one written in this study, Some of these ar...
Gather yourselves together to the great supper of God — As to a great feast, which the vengeance of God will soon provide; a strongly figurative expression, (taken from Ezekiel 39:17,) denoting the va...
After the description of the general and his army, follows next the event and success of the battle, which is. prodigious slaughter of the church's enemies: and as eagles and vultures, and other birds...