His head and his hairs were white.
The color of purity, the same color as the raiment described on the Mount of Transfiguration.
His eyes were like. flame of fire.
Like lightning,. glance bright, sharp, penetrating, that would look through. man.
Verse Revelation 1:14. _HIS HEAD AND_ HIS _HAIRS_ WERE _WHITE LIKE WOOL_] This was not only an emblem of his _antiquity_, but it was the evidence of his _glory_; for the _whiteness_ or splendour of h...
HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW - Exceedingly or perfectly white - the first suggestion to the mind of the apostle being that of wool, and then the thought occurring of i...
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...
GOD'S REVELATION TO MEN (Revelation 1:1-3)...
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...
HIS HEAD. Read "And His head". LIKE. The texts read "as". Compare this and the following verses: with Ezekiel 1:7; Daniel 7:9; Daniel 10:6....
_like wool, as white as snow_ Either these words are to be taken together, -like wool white as snow" or we must punctuate "were white like white wool, like snow." Though the Person seen is the Son of...
ὩΣ ἜΡΙΟΝ ΛΕΥΚΌΝ, ὩΣ ΧΙΏΝ. Cf. Daniel 7:9 LXX. ὡσεὶ ἔριον λευκὸν καθαρὸν (Theodotion has ὡσεὶ ἔριον καθαρὸν); otherwise we might translate and punctuate “like wool, as white as snow.” Though the Person...
_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...
ΤΡΊΧΕΣ _пот. pl. от_ ΘΡΊΞ (G2359) волосы. ΛΕΥΚΑΊ _nom. pl._ от ΛΕΥΚΌΣ (G3022) белый, ΈΡΙΟΝ (G2053) шерсть, ΧΙΏΝ (G5510) снег. В Daniel 7:9 сказано, что у Ветхого Днями волосы подобны чистой шерсти,...
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...
HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL,— _The hairs of his head,_ &c. The word Λευκος, which we translate _white,_ properly signifies "of great lustre." Thus ch. Revelation 20:11. _I saw a great...
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,...
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; Greek, 'But.' LIKE WOOL - Greek, 'like white wool.' The colour is the point of comparison: sign...
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...
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...
WHITE] denoting the purity and majesty of God: cp. Daniel 7:9....
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 HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW. — The whiteness here is thought by some to be the token of the transfiguration in light of the glorified person of the Redeemer. “It is t...
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...
ὡς χ.; another conventional simile for celestial beings. ἡ κ. κ. αἱ τ., a pleonastic expression; either = “his head, _i.e._ his hair,” or “his forehead and his hair”; scarcely a hendiadys for “the hai...
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...
(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...
HIS HEAD AND [HIS] HAIRS [WERE] WHITE LIKE WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW,.... In allusion to the white head and hairs of old men, said to be hoary, or like the hoar frost, and compared to an almond tree in b...
His head and _his_ hairs _were_ white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes _were_ as a flame of fire; Ver. 14. _White like wool_] Noting his antiquity, or rather his eternity and unspeakable pur...
_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...
The vision of the Son of Man:...
HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW, AND HIS EYES WERE AS A FLAME OF FIRE,...
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...
_ 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire;_ A. HAIR - white like wool - Generally, white is a symbol of purity. Here it may just be part of the...
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...
HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW: whiteness signifies purity; whiteness of hair signifies old age ordinarily, which commonly is attended with more prudence, as having most...
Revelation 1:14 G1161 His G846 head G2776 and G2532 hair G2359 white G3022 like G5616 wool G2053 white...
‘His head and his hair were white as white wool, as white as snow.' In Daniel 7:9 ‘the Ancient of Days', Who is the everlasting God, has hair like white wool, and raiment white as snow. There they rep...
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...
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...
AS WHITE WOOL (ως εριον λευκον). Εριον (wool) in N.T. only here and Hebrews 9:19, though old word. The person of the Lord Jesus is here described in language largely from Daniel 7:9 (the Ancient of...
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...
HIS HAIR WAS WHITE. Not with age, but with heavenly glory! White symbolizes purity and victory....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:14 HAIRS... LIKE WHITE WOOL represent divine wisdom (Daniel 7:9; compare...
"His head as white as snow." Not age with its weakness and senility; but maturity and wisdom, purity and goodness. "Be ye holy for I am holy." "His eyes as a flame of fire." No night so dark as to dim...
_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; Daniel 7:9; Matthew 28:3; Revelation 19:12; Revelation
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....
His head and his hair — That is, the hair of his head, not his whole head. Were white as white wool — Like the Ancient of Days, represented in Daniel's vision, Daniel 7:9. Wool is commonly supposed to...