NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
Revelation 1:15
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
On this account also does John declare in the Apocalypse, "And His voice as the sound of many waters."[169]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
On this account also does John declare in the Apocalypse, "And His voice as the sound of many waters."[169]
REVELATION 1:15 pepurwme,nhj {C} Although pepurwme,nhj is without syntactical concord in the sentence, it was preferred by the Committee not only because it is rather well attested (A C Primasius) bu...
Verse Revelation 1:15. _HIS FEET LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS_] An emblem of his _stability_ and _permanence, brass_ being considered the most durable of all metallic substances or compounds. The original w...
AND HIS FEET LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS - Compare Daniel 10:6, “And his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass.” See also Ezekiel 1:7, “and they” (the feet of the living creatures) “sparkled like...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE PATMOS VISION OF THE GLORIFIED SON OF MAN CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Revelation 1:1)_ 2. Greeting and benediction (Revelation 1:4) 3. The praise (Revel
THE PROLOGUE gives an account of the vision of the Son of Man, and the manner in which the messages to the seven churches came to the seer. Revelation 1:9. John your brother: the term brother in the N...
John turned to see the speaker whose voice had startled him, and his eyes rested upon. vision of surpassing glory. He beheld seven golden lamps, and among them walked one "like unto the Son of Man." H...
HIS FEET... AS IF THEY BURNED. As at the Transfiguration Christ shone with light, so now his whole person was gleaming, and his "countenance was like the sun in his strength....
His head and his hair were white, as white as wool, like snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet were like beaten brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice was as t...
GOD'S REVELATION TO MEN (Revelation 1:1-3)...
FINE BRASS. Only here and Revelation 2:18. AS... BURNED. as glowing. FURNACE. Only here; Revelation 9:2.Matthew 13:42;...
_fine brass_ Decidedly the most probable sense, though the etymology of the word is obscure. It looks like a compound of the Greek words for "brass" (or more accurately bronze) and "incense" the latte...
ΧΑΛΚΟΛΙΒΆΝΩΙ. The ancients were not clear whether this word meant brass (or, strictly speaking, bronze) as clear as a scented gum, or a scented gum that shone like brass; the former sense is decidedly...
_A REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST REVELATION 1:12-20:_ What a blessing this must have been to John to see Jesus again. Jesus is pictured as standing in His magnificence in the midst of these seven churche...
ΧΑΛΚΟΛΊΒΑΝΟΝ (G5474) золотая руда, медь или бронза. Значение этого слова не совсем понятно, лучше всего понимать это как сплав золота или качественную медь. В любом случае, сияющие бронзовые ноги симв...
DISCOURSE: 2479 ST. JOHN’S VISION Revelation 1:12. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one l...
UNTO FINE BRASS,— The original word χαλκολιβανον, signifies some kind of fine copper or brass; the inferior kind of _auri chalcum,_ in use among the Romans. See Daniel 10:6 and Parkhurst on the word....
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 3 Text Revelation 1:9-20 9 I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos,...
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. FINE BRASS, [ chalkolibanoo (G5474), derived by some from the Greek, brass and frankinc...
1 This is the unveiling of a Person Jesus Christ-not merely a prediction revealed through Him. God gives it to Him as a reward for His sufferings. 1 Swiftly-not _ soon_, but with speed. On the morning...
1:15 fine (e-5) Or 'shining.'...
FINE] RV 'burnished': cp. Ezekiel 1:7; Daniel 10:6. WATERS] cp. Ezekiel 1:24;...
THE VISION OF THE SON OF MAN St. John addresses 'the seven churches which are in Asia,' telling them of a vision of Christ, who bade him, write in a book what he saw and send it to them. 1-3. Introdu...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF REVELATION 1 THE WRITER The writer of this book simply calls himself John. He wrote to the *churches in Asia. He describe...
HIS FEET LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS. — The feet, like the feet of the ministering priests of Israel, were bare, and appeared like _chalcolibanus_ (fine brass). The exact meaning of this word (used only here...
CHAPTER I. THE PROLOGUE. Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show unto His servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and He sent and signified it th...
FROM THE LIVING LORD TO THE CHURCHES Revelation 1:9 The tribulation and patience of Jesus are essential conditions of His Kingdom. We cannot exert the divine energies of the latter, unless we are wil...
The theme of this Book is found in its opening sentence, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." This should be borne in mind from first to last, and our object should be to see Him as He is here revealed....
THE ONE WHO TOLD JOHN TO WRITE The one who is the beginning and end of all things, our Lord, told John to write what he saw in a book and send it to the seven churches. We will say more about each of...
_His feet like unto fine brass, to signify the purity and steadfastness of his steps and actions. --- His voice as the sound of many waters, the sound of his preaching by himself, and by his apostles,...
(9) I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony o...
That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the stronge...
I Am I. INTRODUCTION A. Isaiah 11:1-2 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisd...
The revelation is one belonging to Jesus Christ, which God gave Him, and He signifies it to John. Though God over all blessed for ever, He is here seen as Son of man, the rejected Messiah or Lamb, and...
AND HIS FEET LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS, AS IF THEY BURNED IN A FURNACE,.... By which is meant, not his human nature in a suffering state; or his people, the meaner and lower parts of his mystical body, in...
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. Ver. 15. _And his feet_] He stood firm then when he was cast into the fire of his Father'...
_And I turned to see the voice_ That is, to see him whose voice it was; _and being turned, I saw_ It seems the vision presented itself gradually. First, he heard a voice, and upon looking behind him h...
FINE BRASS; the word used in the original is generally thought to denote a mixed metal composed of gold and silver, and distinguished for its brilliancy. AS IF THEY BURNED IN A FURNACE; shining with...
AND HIS FEET LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS, AS IF THEY BURNED IN A FURNACE, AND HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF MANY WATERS....
The vision of the Son of Man:...
God gave this Revelation to Jesus Christ so that He might, as the Son of Man, communicate this to His servants. It is He who has been entrusted with the restitution of all things, and is therefore giv...
_ 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;_ A. FEET - fine brass - His feet had been burned in a furnace. They had been through all typ...
12-20 The churches receive their light from Christ and the gospel, and hold it forth to others. They are golden candlesticks; they should be precious and pure; not only the ministers, but the members...
AND HIS FEET LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS: there are nice disquisitions what this chalcolibanum (which we translate, _fine brass_) was: vid. Poli Synopsin. I understand not of what profit the determination wi...
Revelation 1:15 G2532 His G846 feet G4228 like G3664 brass G5474 as G5613 refined G4448 (G5772) in...
‘And his feet (or legs) like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace.' All the descriptions are seeking to bring out His glory, and John no doubt remembers the Transfiguration (Mark 9:...
Revelation 1:14-15. From the dress the Seer now proceeds to some characteristics of the personal appearance of Him whom he beholds in vision. HIS HEAD AND HAIRS WERE WHITE AS WHITE WOOL, AS SNOW. The...
We are introduced to a vision of the Saviour, in that light in which He is peculiarly presented to us in the Apocalypse the Head of His Church, the great High Priest and King of His people. From Him t...
BURNISHED BRASS (χαλκολιβανω). Associative-instrumental case after ομοιο. This word has so far been found nowhere else save here and Revelation 2:18. Suidas defines it as an ηλεχκτρον (amber) or a...
In the first fourteen verses we have given to us part of the glowing description of the glories of the ascended Christ, and here it is completed. Revelation 1:15. _And his feet like unto fine brass,...
Revelation 1:1. _The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant J...
Revelation 1:1. _The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant J...
CONTENTS: The Patmos vision of John and the command to write. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, John. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the Alpha and the Omega, speaks to believers through the Apostle J...
Revelation 1:1. _The Revelation of Jesus Christ,_ which reaches to the end of time, and is a continuation of the Hebrew, and the christian prophets of the new testament. This revelation properly begin...
HIS FEET. HIS VOICE. Along with the _eyes that blaze like fire,_ these are symbolic of great power and authority (see Daniel 10:6; Ezekiel 43:2)....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:15 Christ’s feet, LIKE BURNISHED BRONZE (compare Revelation 2:18), are strong and stable. They will crush all enemies....
"Feet like molten brass." Strength and majesty are in his going forth. Feet swift to girdle the earth; tireless to stride down the centuries; strong to trample down all his enemies. "His voice as the...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 1:12. SEE THE VOICE.—“See Him whose voice I heard.” SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS.—Compare Zechariah 4:2. Lamp-stands would be a better term. Not one candlestick...
EXPOSITION THE TITLE. The simplest form of this, as of other books of the New Testament, is the oldest: 'The Revelation of John' (Αποκάλυψις Ιωάννου). Other forms worth noting are: 'The Revelation o...
_13 AND IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS ONE LIKE UNTO THE SON OF MAN, CLOTHED WITH A GARMENT DOWN TO THE FOOT, AND GIRT ABOUT THE PAPS WITH A GOLDEN GIRDLE._ _ 14 HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE W...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the book of Revelation, chapter one? The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Revelation 1:1), The Greek word "apokalupsis" is literally the unveiling. So in the very first...
Daniel 10:6; Ezekiel 1:7; Ezekiel 40:3; Ezekiel 43:2; Isaiah 17:13;...
CHRIST AMONG THE CHURCHES Revelation 1:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We enter in this marvelously descriptive chapter, centering our thoughts upon the appearance of Christ as He walks among His Churches. 1....
And his feet like fine brass — Denoting his stability and strength. As if they burned in a furnace — As if having been melted and refined, they were still red hot. And his voice — To the comfort of hi...