Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity
Are not even we laics priests? It is written: "A kingdom also, and priests to His God and Father, hath He made us."[37]
Tertullian On Monogamy
have put on Christ"-has made "priests to God His Father,"[60]
Cyprian Epistle XX
and now made a priest of God over them, and the same their minister has acknowledged it.[6]
REVELATION 1:6 eivj tou.j aivw/naj @tw/n aivw,nwn# {C} The words tw/n aivw,nwn are absent from î18 A P about thirty minuscules copbo Andrewa, but are present in a C 046 1 1006 1611 1854 2053 itgig, h...
Verse Revelation 1:6. _KINGS AND PRIESTS_] See on 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9. But instead of βασιλεις και ιερεις, _kings and priests_ the most reputable MSS., versions, and fathers have βασιλειαν ιερει...
AND HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD - In 1 Peter 2:9 the same idea is expressed by saying of Christians that they are “a royal priesthood.” See the notes on that verse. The quotation in both p...
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 GREETING is addressed to the seven churches of Asia for whom the book was written. REVELATION 1:4. SEVEN CHURCHES, _ i.e._ Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea. ASI...
The opening scenes of Revelation are of the most striking character. Though the apostle is confined upon. lonely rock of the sea and is far away from the saints assembled in the name of Christ, yet be...
AND MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD. The Revision translates, "Made us. kingdom, priests unto his God and Father;" made us. kingdom of priests, which is probably the true idea. In this kingdom of C...
This is John writing to the seven Churches which are in Asia. Grace be to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne, and from...
GOD'S REVELATION TO MEN (Revelation 1:1-3)...
HATH. Omit. KINGS AND PRIESTS. (to be). kingdom (so all texts) and (to be) priests. See Revelation 5:10; Revelation 20:6; Exodus 19:6 (Septuagint "a royal priesthood") FATHER. See App-98. glo
_and hath made_ Lit., AND HE MADE; the construction "that loveth … and that freed …" is broken off, to be resumed by "to Him" in the next clause. _kings and priests_ Read, A KINGDOM, PRIESTS: a phrase...
ΚΑῚ ἘΠΟΊΗΣΕΝ. Lit., “And He made”; the construction τῷ� … καὶ λύσαντι is broken off rather strangely, as it is resumed by αὐτῷ; otherwise a finite verb after participles is not strange in Hebrew or He...
_A REVELATION OF LOVE AND BLOOD -- REVELATION 1:4-8:_ The book of Revelation was written to the seven churches of Asia. There were other churches in that general area including Troas, Colosse and Hier...
ΈΠΟΊΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, устанавливать. _Aor._ рассматривает завершенное действие Христа и подводит его итоги, применительно к каждому верующему. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΊΑ (G932) царство. Эт...
DISCOURSE: 2476 THE GROUNDS OF PRAISE TO CHRIST Revelation 1:5. _Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to h...
Tomlinson's Comments PROLOGUE 1:18 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 by his...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 2 Text Revelation 1:4-8 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits th...
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. AND HATH MADE, [B, poieesanti (G4160); A C 'Aleph ('), Kai (G2532) epoieesen (G4160...
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...
1:6 made (g-2) Lit. 'he has made.' 'Loves' and 'has washed' are participles....
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...
KINGS] RV 'to be a kingdom,' i.e. a society under His kingship: cp. Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:9. PRIESTS] to offer spiritual sacrifices: cp. Hebrews 13:15;...
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...
AND HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD AND HIS FATHER; TO HIM BE GLORY AND DOMINION FOR EVER (or, _unto the ages_). — The symbol of washing in the last verse naturally leads on to the thought of...
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...
The prologue....
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST Revelation 1:1 In His capacity as mediator, our Lord receives from the Father and transmits to His servants, that they may in turn transmit to the world of men, the gre...
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....
IDENTIFYING JESUS This letter is also from Jesus, who is the "faithful witness" of God's will (Revelation 1:5; John 3:31-32; John 8:14; John 1
John to the seven churches, [1] afterwards named; and by them, to be understood of all churches, bishops, and people in the like dispositions. --- From him, who is, who was, and who is to come. As the...
(4) John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; (5) And...
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 HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS,.... The Alexandrian copy, and Complutensian edition, read, "a kingdom, priests"; and the Vulgate Latin version, "a kingdom and priests"; and the Arabic version, "a...
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him _be_ glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Ver. 6. _And hath made us kings_] To rule in righteousness, to lord it over our lus...
_John_ The dedication of this book is contained in the 4th, 5th, and 6th verses; but the whole Revelation is a kind of letter. _To the seven churches which are in Asia_ That part of the Lesser Asia, w...
KINGS AND PRIESTS; to reign with him in glory, chap Revelation 22:5, and to offer to God through him spiritual sacrifices, 1 Peter 2:5. The source of grace, mercy, and peace, is the self-existent, ete...
The prologue:...
AND HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD AND HIS FATHER: TO HIM BE GLORY AND DOMINION FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN....
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...
_ 6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen._ A. MADE US KINGS - Christians, as fellow citizens in the Kingdom of Christ, are also...
4-8 There can be no true peace, where there is not true grace; and where grace goeth before, peace will follow. This blessing is in the name of God, of the Holy Trinity, it is an act of adoration. Th...
AND HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD AND HIS FATHER: _kings, _ to rule over our own appetite, and govern ourselves by the law of his word, to fight and conquer the world, the flesh, and the dev...
Revelation 1:6 and G2532 made G4160 (G5656) us G2248 kings G935 and G2532 priests G2409 His G846 God...
‘To Him who loves us (present tense), and freed us from our sins by (en) His blood (aorist tense), and made us to be a Kingdom, even priests to His God and Father, to Him be the glory and dominion for...
In the first paragraph of the chapter we have the Preface and the Salutation of the book, the one extending from Revelation 1:1 to Revelation 1:3, the other from Revelation 1:4 to...
The Preface of the book is over, and the Salutation follows....
Revelation 1:4-6. After the manner of the prophets of the O. T., the writer now brings himself forward by name, and directly addresses the Church. In the consciousness of his Divine commission, and of...
AND HE MADE (κα εποιησεν). Change from the participle construction, which would be κα ποιησαντ (first aorist active of ποιεω) like λυσαντ just before, a Hebraism Charles calls it, but certainly an a...
Revelation 1:5 The Christian Priesthood. I. It is amongst the most common, and certainly not the least dangerous of the errors of the day, to identify the Church with the clergy, as though the laity...
Revelation 1:6 I. (1) The substitution in the Revised Version of "a kingdom" for "kings" places the promises of the new dispensation in direct connection with the facts of the old. The language of St....
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...
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...
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...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:4 This greeting identifies the author and recipients. THE SEVEN CHURCHES THAT ARE IN ASIA. Churches existed in other cities of Roman Asia (e.g., Colossae, Troas). Thus...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:1 Prologue. The terms “revelation,” “show,” “made it known,” and “he saw” prepare readers for symbolic visions. ⇐
These verses must be held together, and grasped comprehensively to get the proper view-point. "John to the seven churches which are in Asia." What he writes, he writes to those seven churches; and thi...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 1:4. CHURCHES.—Or congregations. ASIA.—The single province, not the whole Asia Minor. It may have been the province in which St. John had chiefly laboured. T...
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...
_6 AND HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD AND HIS FATHER; TO HIM BE GLORY AND DOMINION FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN_. John is talking about himself and all other believers. He says that Jesus has alre...
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...
1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Peter 5:11; 1 Timothy 6:16; 2 Peter 3:18
Kings [β α σ ι λ ε ι ς]. The correct reading is, basileian a kingdom. The term King is never applied in the New Testament to individual Christians. The reigning of the saints is emphasized in this boo...
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST Revelation 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The word "Revelation." The word "revelation" means an unveiling or uncovering, thus we approach the last Book of the Bible with a...
To him that loveth us, and, out of that free, abundant love, hath washed us from the guilt and power of our sins with his own blood, and hath made us kings — Partakers of his present, and heirs of his...