What does Revelation 19:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white:a for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints."
Verse Revelation 19:8. _ARRAYED IN FINE LINEN_] A prediction that the Church should become more _pure_ in her _doctrines_, more _pious_ in her _experience_, and more _righteous_ in her _conduct_, than...
AND TO HER WAS GRANTED - It is not said here by whom this was granted, but it is perhaps implied that this was conferred by the Saviour himself on his bride. THAT SHE SHOULD BE ARRAYED IN FINE LINEN,...
CHAPTER S 19-20:6 The Manifestation of the King and the Millennium _ 1. Heavenly hallelujahs and the marriage of the Lamb (Revelation 19:1)_ 2. Heaven opened and His visible manifestation (Revelati...
THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB. Revelation 19:1. Hallelujah: this term is found in NT only in this chapter. It means Praise ye the Lord. It occurs in several psalms, but is always translated in the version...
THE TE DEUM OF THE ANGELS (Revelation 19:1-2)...
THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ CLEAN AND WHITE. The texts read "bright _and_ pure". See Revelation 15:6. RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. Plural. SAINTS. the saints. See Acts 9:13....
_And to her was granted_ Better, IT WAS GIVEN TO HER the form is the same as recurs so often throughout the vision, from Revelation 6:2 onwards. This being so, it is not likely that this clause still...
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB...
_THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB REVELATION 19:5-10:_ All in heaven, from the lowest saint to the highest angel are called upon to praise God. The message from this great multitude in heaven was, "All...
ΈΔΌΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, позволять, ΠΕΡΙΒΆΛΗΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. от_ ΠΕΡΙΒΆΛΛΩ (G4016) оборачивать, одевать. ΒΎΣΣΙΝΟΣ (G1039) лен. ΛΑΜΠΡΌΣ (G2986) яркий, светящийся, ΚΑΘΑΡ...
DISCOURSE: 2523 THE CHURCH’S UNION WITH CHRIST Revelation 19:7. _Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to...
AND AFTER THESE THINGS I HEARD A GREAT VOICE, &C.— Instead of _I am thy fellow-servant,_ &c. Revelation 19:10. Doddridge renders it, _I am a fellow-servant with thee, and with thy brethren, who keep t...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 61 Text Revelation 19:1-8 After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to...
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. GRANTED. Though in one sense she 'made herself ready,' by the S...
__ Temple Section-Babylon's Destruction 16 "Gilded" seems to be a figure for all mere outward show, for it is with gold, and precious stones and pearls. 21 In the East the millstone is used to grin...
19:8 righteousnesses (e-24) _ Dikaioma_ . see Romans 1:32 . In Hebrew the plural of acts expressing a quality is used for the abstract quality itself. This may be the case, by analogy, here. See Psalm...
CHRIST AND HIS ARMIES CONQUER THE BEAST AND HIS PROPHET The harlot city having been destroyed, the marriage of the Lamb with the glorified Church is announced. But before this can take place, the oth...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 19 THE CROWD PRAISES GOD IN HEAVEN - REVELATION 19:1-5 V1 After this, I heard what sounded like the roar of a great crowd in heaven...
AND TO HER WAS GRANTED... — Better, _And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright, pure; for the fine linen is the righteousness_ (or, _righteousnesses;_ the word is plural...
CHAPTER XV. THE PAUSE OF VICTORY AND JUDGMENT OF THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET. Revelation 19:1. THOSE who have followed with attention the course of this commentary can hardly fail to have ob ser...
“Yea, she is (has been) permitted to put on” (for διδόναι ἵνα _cf._ Revelation 9:5; Mark 10:37), epexegetic of ἡτοιμ. ἑαυτήν (Isaiah 61:10). “Uides hic cultum gravem ut matronae, non pompaticum qualis...
THE FOURFOLD HALLELUJAH Revelation 19:1 One day we shall hear those four _Alleluias_, Revelation 19:1; Revelation 19:3; Revelation 19:6. They will reverberate to the farthest limits of the universe....
We now come to the things leading up to the establishment of the Kingdom. There are three great movements of praise: one by a great multitude who have been slain; the second by the elders and the livi...
The servants speak and their voices are like the shout of a great crowd, water crashing over a fall onto the rocks below and great thunderings. They praise the Lord because he reigns as an all-powerfu...
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in (8) fine linen, clean and white: for the fine (9) linen is the (b) righteousness of saints. (8) As an ensign of kingly and priestly dignity, which...
_Fine linen. The symbol of justification, or the good works and merit of her holy members; the most pleasing attire in which she can present herself to the Lamb. Her robe is glittering and white, beca...
(4) And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. (5) And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
The King of Kings I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we studied about commercial Babylon in chapter 18! 1. Commercial Babylon being that part of the ant-Christian system that gives politics its power = M...
Revelation 19:2 clearly shews the aspect in which she is judged the great whore who corrupted; and God avenges the blood of His servants. This judgment of Rome is the great joy of heaven. Hallelujah a...
AND TO HER WAS GRANTED THAT SHE SHOULD BE ARRAYED IN FINE LINEN,.... Or "Byssine": the "Byssus", of which fine linen is made, is said to grow on a tree, in height like to a poplar, and its leaves like...
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. Ver. 8. _And to her was granted_] It is here clear (saith Bernard)...
_And I heard_, &c. Upon this order from the oracle, the whole church, in obedience to it, began to praise God with loud voices; which might be compared to the sound _of many waters_, or _of mighty thu...
IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF SAINTS; representing their righteousness....
The voice out of the throne:...
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...
_ 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints._ A. The church, the true and faithful church, is dressed in fine l...
1-10 Praising God for what we have, is praying for what is yet further to be done for us. There is harmony between the angels and the saints in this triumphant song. Christ is the Bridegroom of his r...
AND TO HER WAS GRANTED; that is, to the Lamb's wife, whether Jews or Gentiles, or both. THAT SHE SHOULD BE ARRAYED IN FINE LINEN, CLEAN AND WHITE; that she should be clothed with the righteousness of...
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Eighth And all who went into the tower had the same clothing-white as snow.[7]...
Revelation 19:8 And G2532 her G846 granted G1325 (G5681) to G2443 arrayed G4016 (G5643) linen G1039 clean G2513 and G2532 bright G2986 for G1063 linen G1039 is G2076 (G5748) acts G1345 saints G40 to h...
THE SEVENTH VISION - THE COMING OF CHRIST, THE LAST BATTLE, THE FINAL JUDGMENT (REVELATION 19:1 TO REVELATION 20:15). The Scarlet Woman and the Pure Bride (Revelation 19:1). This scene parallels, alt...
With the beginning of this chapter we enter upon the fifth great section of the Apocalypse, which extends to chap. Revelation 20:6. The object of the section is to bring before us the triumph and rest...
THAT SHE SHOULD ARRAY HERSELF (ινα περιβαλητα). Sub-final object clause subject of εδοθη (was given to her) with ινα and the second aorist middle (direct) of περιβαλλω to fling around. This bridal...
RIGHTEOUSNESS The garment is Scripture is a symbol of righteousness. In the bad ethical sense, it symbolizes self-righteousness (for example, (Isaiah 64:6); (Philippians 3:6) the best that a moral an...
Revelation 19:1. _And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, praying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous a...
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...
FOR THE TIME HAS CORNEL Here is the reason for rejoicing! The time has come for the Wedding of Christ and his church! This Wedding Feast will last through all Eternity! [Compare Isaiah 51:1-3; Isaiah...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 19:7 The prostitute has been destroyed. Now the Lamb’s pure BRIDE is announced. IT WAS GRANTED. Her gown of righteous deeds is her groom’s gift (compare Isaiah 61:10; Rev...
In verses seven to nine we have something said about the marriage of the Lamb. But there is no marriage scene shown us either by vision or description. The things particularly stressed in this passage...
FINAL VICTORY OF THE LAMB _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE time now draws near for the _final_ termination of the conflict. The irrevocable doom has been pronounced. But before the final consumma...
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...
_8 AND TO HER WAS GRANTED THAT SHE SHOULD BE ARRAYED IN FINE LINEN, CLEAN AND WHITE: FOR THE FINE LINEN IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF SAINTS._ Scholars differ on the meaning of the fine linen. It could me...
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...
Acts 1:10; Ephesians 5:26; Ephesians 5:27; Ezekiel 16:10; Isaiah 61:10; Luke 24:4; Mark 9:3; Matthew 17:2; Matthew 22:12; Psalms 132:9;...
Fine linen [β υ σ σ ι ν ο ν]. See on Luke 16:19. The four vestments of the ordinary Jewish priest were made of linen or byssus. Their symbolic meaning depended in part on the whiteness and luster of t...
THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB Revelation 19:1; _Revelation 21:1 and Revelation 22:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. It is not difficult to find, in bo...
And it is given to her — By God. The bride is all holy men, the whole invisible church. To be arrayed in fine linen, white and clean — This is an emblem of the righteousness of the saints — Both of th...