Revelation 20:1-6
Revelation 20:1-6. THE BINDING OF SATAN. THE FIRST RESURRECTION... [ Continue Reading ]
Revelation 20:1-6. THE BINDING OF SATAN. THE FIRST RESURRECTION... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΟΥ͂. א* omits. ἘΠῚ ΤῊΝ ΧΕΙ͂ΡΑ. א and Latt. have ἐν τῇ χειρί 1. ΤΗ͂Σ�. See on Revelation 9:1. ἘΠῚ ΤῊΝ ΧΕΙ͂ΡΑ. i.e. hung over it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ὁ ὌΦΙΣ Ὁ�. With A: Text. Rec[750] τὸν ὄφιν τὸν άρχαῖον with אB2 cett. [750] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ὍΣ. Tisch[751] has ὅ with א and Aug. _qui cognominatus est_, Promiss. _qui vocatur_. [751] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΠΆΝΩ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. A has ἐμμενῶς (? = ἐμπεδῶς) αὐτόν. ἜΤΙ ΤᾺ ἜΘΝΗ. 1 cop[753] æth[754] Tyc[755] omit ἔτι. Text. Rec[756] inserts it after ἔθνη. [753] Coptic. [754] Aethiopic Version. [755] Tyconius. [756] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 3. ΚΑῚ ἜΚΛΕΙΣΕΝ ΚΑῚ ἘΣΦΡΆΓΙΣΕΝ ἘΠΆΝΩ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. The... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΕΠΕΛΕΚΙΣΜΈΝΩΝ. A has πεπολεμημένων. ΚΑῚ ΟἽΤΙΝΕΣ. א has εἴ τινες οὖν. An[757][758], εἴ τινες. Aug. _et si qui_, Cyp[759] _et quicumque_. [757] Andreas’ Augsburg MS. 12th century. [758] Andreas’ Augsburg MS. 12th century. [759] St Cyprian as quoted by Haussleiter. 4. ΘΡΌΝΟΥΣ Cf. Daniel 7:9, θρόνοι... [ Continue Reading ]
4, 5. ΧΊΛΙΑ ἜΤΗ … Ἡ�. See Excursus IV. EXCURSUS IV THE MILLENNIUM AND THE FIRST RESURRECTION Revelation 20:2-7 Only in this passage is the kingdom of Christ on earth (which is of course one of the most frequent subjects of prophecy) designated as a Millennium or period of 1000 years. It may be ad... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟἹ ΛΟΙΠΟῚ—ἜΤΗ. א syr[760] omit these words (? from homœoteleuton); they interrupt the sense. [760] Syriac. ΤΩ͂Ν ΝΕΚΡΩ͂Ν. Aug. reads _eorum_.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂. א has καὶ τοῦ θεοῦ. 6. ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΣ ΚΑῚ ἍΓΙΟΣ. He is sure of eternal blessedness, absolutely and indefeasibly consecrated to God. “Holy” refers to the relation to God into which this brings him, not to the foregoing faithfulness that is implied in his being admitted into it. Ὁ ΔΕΎΤΕΡΟΣ ΘΆΝ... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LOOSING OF SATAN, THE WAR OF GOG AND MAGOG, THE JUDGEMENT ON THE DEVIL The order of events in the last three Chapter s in this Book corresponds, with many additions, to that in the closing Chapter s of Ezekiel. The first Resurrection answers to the Vision of the Valley of dry bones. The War of... [ Continue Reading ]
ὍΤΑΝ ΤΕΛΕΣΘΗ͂Ι. B2 reads μετά. 7. ΛΥΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ. As we heard in Revelation 20:3. We cannot with any certainty identify the μικρὸν χρόνον there with the ὀλίγον καιρὸν of Revelation 12:12; still the two passages to a certain extent illustrate each other.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΣΥΝΑΓΑΓΕΙ͂Ν. Aug. reads _et trahet_. Vg[761] _et congregabit_. 12 καὶ συνάγει. [761] Vulgate. 8. ΤᾺ ἜΘΝΗ ΤᾺ ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΤΈΣΣΑΡΣΙΝ ΓΩΝΊΑΙΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ΓΗ͂Σ. It almost seems as though the kingdom of Christ and of His Saints had not been world-wide, but had been, like the Roman empire of St John’s day, or the C... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΥ͂Ρ … ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΛΊΜΝΗΝ. א* omits. ἈΠῸ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂ ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΟΥ͂. So Text. Rec[762] Treg[763] W. H[764] marg. with אcP vg[765] syr[766]; Lach[767] Tisch[768] W. H[769] Weiss ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ with A and Primas[770] transcript of Aug., who seems to have read ἀπο τοῦ θεοῦ after ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ with B2 cop... [ Continue Reading ]
ὍΠΟΥ ΚΑΊ. Text. Rec[773] omits καὶ with א 1 Hieron[774] cop[775] arm[776] æth[777][773] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [774] St Jerome. [775] Coptic. [776] Armenian. [777] Aethiopic Version. ΘΗΡΊΟΝ ΚΑΊ. א adds ὅπου. 10. Ὁ ΠΛΑΝΩ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ. The sense is general, as if we were to say... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΠʼ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ with A 1 95, Tisch[778] reads ἐπʼ αὐτὸν with B2P1. א ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ. [778] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited. 11. ΘΡΌΝΟΝ ΜΈΓΑΝ ΛΕΥΚΌΝ. Probably not absolutely the same as that of Revelation 4:2 &c.: the King is to sit now not as Lawgiver or... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GREAT WHITE THRONE, THE GENERAL RESURRECTION, THE JUDGEMENT ON ALL THE DEAD AND ON DEATH AND HELL... [ Continue Reading ]
ἙΣΤΩ͂ΤΑΣ … ΘΡΌΝΟΥ. Augustin omits. Text. Rec[779] has θεοῦ for θρόνου, with 1, two Latin writers have _throni domini_, and _throni dei_. [779] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ΤΗ͂Σ ΖΩΗ͂Σ. Aug. has _vitae uniuscujusque_. 12. ΤΟῪΣ ΜΕΓΆΛΟΥΣ ΚΑῚ ΤΟῪΣ ΜΙΚΡΟΎΣ. The sense, as in Revelation... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΔΩΚΑΝ. Lach[780] reads ἔδωκαν with A. [780] Lachmann’s larger edition. ἘΚΡΊΘΗΣΑΝ. א reads κατεκρίθησαν. 13. Ὁ ΘΆΝΑΤΟΣ ΚΑῚ Ὁ ἍΙΔΗΣ. See Revelation 6:8. _Sheol_, the Hebrew equivalent of _Hades_, seems not quite determined in meaning between the receptacle of the bodies of the dead and of their so... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟὟΤΟΣ. א reads καὶ οὗτος. 1 cop[781] and Primas[782] transcript of Augustin omit οὗτος … πυρός, nor does Augustin anywhere quote this definition of the second death, though he gives many of his own; when he says that in the second death soul and body are tormented together by eternal fire he is obvi... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕὙΡΕΘΗ. א εὑρεθήσεται. 15. ΚΑῚ ΕἼ ΤΙΣ.… May either be a parallel to Galatians 2:16 or a reference to ch. Revelation 14:10-11 implying that ordinary sinners will be punished with the Devil, the False Prophet, the Beast and his worshippers. Cf. St Matthew 25:41 sqq.... [ Continue Reading ]