Revelation 19:1

CHAPTER XIX.

The whole heavenly host give glory to God, because he has

judged the great whore, and avenged the blood of his saints,

1-6.

The marriage of the Lamb and his bride, 7-9.

John offers to worship the angel, but is prevented, 10.

Heaven is opened, and Jesus the Word of God appears on a white

horse; he and his armies described, 11-16.

An angel in the sun invites all the fowls of heaven to come to

the supper of the great God, 17, 18.

The beast, the false prophet, and the kings of the earth, gather

together to make war with him who sits on the white horse; but

they are all discomfited, and utterly destroyed, 19-21.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIX.

Verse Revelation 19:1. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven] The idolatrous city being destroyed, and the blood of the martyred saints being avenged, there is a universal joy among the redeemed of the Lord, which they commence with the word הללו יה Hallelu-Yah, praise ye Jah or Jehovah; which the Septuagint, and St. John from them, put into Greek letters thus: αλληλουια, Allelou-ia, a form of praise which the heathens appear to have borrowed from the Jews, as is evident from their paeans, or hymns in honour of Apollo, which began and ended with ελελευ ιη, eleleu ie; a mere corruption of the Hebrew words. It is worthy of remark that the Indians of North America have the same word in their religious worship, and use it in the same sense. "In their places of worship, or beloved square, they dance sometimes for a whole night always in a bowing posture, and frequently singing halleluyah Ye ho wah; praise ye Yah, Ye ho vah:" probably the true pronunciation of the Hebrew יהוה, which we call Jehovah. See Adair's History of the American Indians.

Salvation] He is the sole author of deliverance from sin; the glory of this belongs to him, the honour should be ascribed to him, and his power is that alone by which it is effected.