Revelation 22:21

OUR. So Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic; but A B 'Aleph (') omit. CHRIST. So B, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, Andreas; but A 'Aleph (') omit. WITH YOU ALL. B has 'with all the saints.' A, Vulgate, has 'with all.' 'Aleph (') has 'with the saints.' This closing benediction-Paul's mark in his letters-was, after Paul's death, taken up by John. The Old Testament ended with a "curse" from the law; the New Testament ends with a blessing from the Lord Jesus. AMEN. So B 'Aleph ('), Andreas. A, Vulgate Fuldensis, omit. May the blessed Lord, who has caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning, bless this humble effort to make Scripture expound itself, sanctifying it as an instrument toward the conversion of sinners and the edification of saints, to the glory of His great name and the hastening of His kingdom. Amen....

20,21 After discovering these things to his people on earth, Christ seems to take leave of them, and return to heaven; but he assures them it shall not be long before he comes again. And while we are busy in the duties of our different stations of life; whatever labours may try us, whatever difficulties may surround us, whatever sorrows may press us down, let us with pleasure hear our Lord proclaiming, Behold, I come quickly; I come to put an end to the labour and suffering of my servants. I come, and my reward of grace is with me, to recompense, with royal bounty, every work of faith and labour of love. I come to receive my faithful, persevering people to myself, to dwell for ever in that blissful world. Amen, even so, come, Lord Jesus. A blessing closes the whole. By the grace of Christ we must be kept in joyful expectation of his glory, fitted for it, and preserved to it; and his glo...

Verse Revelation 22:21. _THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST_] May the favour and powerful influence of Jesus Christ _be with you all_; you of the seven Churches, and the whole Church of Christ in every part of the earth, and through all the periods of time. Instead of παντων υμων, _you all_, the most excellent MSS. and versions have παντων των αγιων, _all the saints_. This reading Griesbach has received into the text as indisputably _genuine_. _AMEN._] So be it! and so shall it be for ever and ever. The opinion of Dr. Priestley, concerning the _authenticity_ of this book, and the _manner_ in which it is written, should not be withheld from either the learned or pious reader. "I think it impossible for any intelligent and candid person to peruse this book without being struck in the most forcible manner

THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN - The usual benediction of the sacred writers. See the notes on Romans 16:20....

EXPOSITION REVELATION 22:1 AND HE SHOWED ME A PURE RIVER. Omit "pure." "And" connects this part of the vision with what precedes (Revelation 21:9). It would have been better, perhaps, if the twenty-first chapter had included the first five verses of the twenty-second, so as to take in the whole of the description of the heavenly Jerusalem. But there is a break at this point, as is indicated by the repetition of "And he showed me," which points to a new phase or section of the vision. In the previous section (Revelation 21:9) the angel had showed St. John the city and its wails with their gates and foundations; in this section he shows him the riv

THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN. That is, let a sense of the love of Christ, shown in all his regards to his church and people, which is always the same in itself, though the saints have not always the same perception of it, abide upon you: may you see your interest in the redeeming grace of Christ, in all its branches, and in his justifying, pardoning, sanctifying, and persevering grace; let the fulness of grace in Christ be the object of your trust and confidence; may you have a supply from it to enable you to overcome every temptation, to exercise every grace, and discharge every duty. This shows this book was written in the form of an epistle, and sent to the seven churches of Asia, Revelation 1:11 and through them to the churches in all ages. It begins with a salutation of them,...

Revelation 22:1. _And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb._ Rivers partake of the character of the source from which they come that which proceeds «out of the throne of God and of the Lamb «may well be «a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal.» What but good and perfect gifts can come down from the throne of God? What but pure streams of mercy can flow from the throne of the Lamb? Revelation 22:2. _In the midst of the street of it,-_ For heaven is a place of sacred intercourse and hallowed communion: «in the midst of the street of it,»- Revelation 22:2. And on either

REVELATION 22:21 kuri,ou VIhsou/ {A} The reading kuri,ou VIhsou/, which is well supported by a A and about 15 minuscules (including 1611 2053), was expanded by pious scribes by adding Cristou/ after VIhsou/ (046 051 most minuscules) and h`mw/n after kuri,ou (about 15 minuscules itar, gig vg syrph, h arm _al_). The omission of h` ca,rij tou/ kuri,ou VIhsou/ (2329 copbo) arose by accident when the eye of the copyist or translator passed from VIhsou/ (ver....

CHAPTER 22:6-21 The Final Messages __ 1. The angel's message (Revelation 22:6) 2. The message of the Lord (Revelation 22:12) 3. The two classes (Revelation 22:14) 4. His final testimony (Revelation 22:16) 5. The answer of the Spirit and the bride (Revelation 22:17) 6. The final warning (Revelation 22:18) 7. The final word--the final prayer ...

THE EPILOGUE. The Epilogue consists of the last words, warnings, and exhortations of the angel and the seer. Revelation 22:6. these words: the contents of the book. SHORTLY COME TO PASS: the author thought his prophecies would be speedily fulfilled. Revelation 22:7. I come quickly: I means Christ. The voice of Christ is heard behind the voice of the angel. Revelation 22:8. I, John: _ cf._ Revelation 1:9. I FELL DOWN: as in Revelation 19:10....