PURE. The texts omit. WATER OF LIFE. i.e. living water. LIFE. App-170. OUT OF. App-104. THRONE. The throne of the great Priest-King (Zechariah 6:13) of the "thousand years" now gives place to the glorious "throne of God and of the Lamb", for God is now "all in all". Contrast Ezekiel 47:1, where... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. App-104. TREE. Greek. _xulon._ Here, verses: Revelation 22:14; Revelation 22:19; Revelation 22:7, and Luke 23:31, the only occs. of the word as used of _living_ wood. WHICH BARE. bearing. AND YIELDED. yielding. EVERY MONTH. Literally according to (App-104.) each month. FOR. App-104. HEALING... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MORE. no (App-105) longer. CURSE. Greek. _katanathema,_ or with the texts, _katathema,_ an accursed thing. Compare Zechariah 14:11 (Septuagint _anathema)_. BUT. and. SERVANTS. App-190. SERVE. App-187 and App-190.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEE. App-106. IN. upon. Greek. _epi._... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE. The texts read "longer". CANDLE. App-130. NEITHER. Literally and. LIGHT. App-130. THE. Omit. SHALL REIGN, &C. Compare the reign of the saints with Messiah for 1,000 years and the reign here with God "for ever and ever". FOR EVER AND EVER. App-151. a. The last of the twenty-one (App-10)... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. i.e. the angel of Revelation 1:1. UNTO. to. SAYINGS. words. App-121. FAITHFUL. App-150. TRUE. App-175. THE LORD GOD. As Revelation 22:5. GOD. the God OF... PROPHETS. The texts read "of the spirits (App-101.) of the prophets" (App-189). SENT. App-174. SHORTLY. As Revelation 1:1. Note Fig... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. The texts read "And behold" (App-183.:2). QUICKLY. Greek. _tachu_. The words of the angel pass into the words of Christ; see verses: Revelation 22:12; Revelation 22:20; Revelation 22:11. Compare Revelation 1:7 and Revelation 22:16 below. BLESSED. The forty-ninth occurance of _makarios_ in... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW, &C. The texts read "am he that heard and saw these things". SAW. App-133. HAD. Omit. SEEN. saw, as above. WORSHIP. App-137.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. And. SEE, &C. Compare Revelation 19:10. FOR. The texts omit. FELLOWSERVANT. As Revelation 6:11; Revelation 19:10. Compare App-190. PROPHETS. App-189.... [ Continue Reading ]
TIME. Greek. _kairos._ See Revelation 1:3 and App-195.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNJUST. unrighteous. Pres. part, of Greek. _adikeo_: everywhere in Rev. except here rend. "hurt". See Revelation 2:11 and compare App-128. LET... UNJUST. let him act unrighteously. Aor. tense. FILTHY. morally defiled. Greek. _rhupoo._ Only here. Compare James 1:21 _(rhuiparia)_ and 1 Peter 3:21 _... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. The texts omit. WITH. App-104. EVERY MAN. each one. ACCORDING. Omit. SHALL BE. The texts read "is".... [ Continue Reading ]
ALPHA, &C. See Revelation 1:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. Greek. _makarios._ Fiftieth (App-10) and last occurance in N.T. Compare the forty-two occs. of the Hebrew equivalent, _'ashrey,_ the first in Deuteronomy 33:29 (Happy). DO HIS COMMANDMENTS. The texts read "wash their robes", but it is probable that the reading of the Received Text is corre... [ Continue Reading ]
Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ of Species (App-6) in this verse. FOR. The texts omit. DOGS. The word "dog" appears in Phoenician remains, as applied to. class of servants attached to. temple of Ashtoreth in Cyprus. LOVETH. App-135. LIE. Compare Revelation 21:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
I. The Lord Himself speaks. JESUS. App-98. HAVE SENT. sent. App-174. TESTIFY. See p. 1611. IN. Greek. _epi._ App-104. CHURCHES. See Revelation 1:4 and App-186. The "assemblies" of Revelation 6 and Revelation 8 specifically, during the fulfillment of "the prophecy of this book". OFFSPRING. Figu... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse illustrates the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6. SPIRIT. App-101. BRIDE. Greek. _numphe._ See Revelation 21:9. AND. The texts omit. WHOSOEVER WILL. Literally the one willing WILL. App-102. FREELY. See Revelation 21:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. Omit. I. The texts read. (emphatic). TESTIFY. As Revelation 22:16, with the texts. EVERY MAN. every one. WORDS. App-121. ANY MAN. any one. App-123. THESE THINGS. The texts read "them". UNTO. Greek. _epi_, as above.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKEAWAY. Greek. _aphaireo._ Only here in Rev. Compare Hebrews 10:4. OUT OF. Same as "from" above. BOOK OF LIFE. The texts read "tree of life". With the last two verses: compare Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 12:32.Proverbs 30:5; Proverbs 30:6; Galatians 1:1; Galatians 1:8. AND... THING?. The texts... [ Continue Reading ]
QUICKLY. Greek. _tachu,_ as verses: Revelation 22:7; Revelation 22:12. The seventh and last solemn warning by the Lord Himself, in Rev., of His coming. It is the one great subject of the whole book, which is all prophecy. Amen. See Revelation 3:14 and 2 Corinthians 1:20. EVEN SO. The texts omit; an... [ Continue Reading ]
GRACE, &C. See Revelation 1:4. OUR. The texts read "the". CHRIST. Most texts omit. YOU ALL. Many texts read "all the saints".... [ Continue Reading ]