Revelation 22:1-5
Revelation 22:1-5. THE WATER AND THE TREE OF LIFE, THE SERVICE AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD’S SERVANTS... [ Continue Reading ]
Revelation 22:1-5. THE WATER AND THE TREE OF LIFE, THE SERVICE AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD’S SERVANTS... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΟΤΑΜΌΝ. Text. Rec[863] has καθαρὸν ποταμὸν with 1. [863] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 1. ΠΟΤΑΜῸΝ … ΖΩΗ͂Σ. See Revelation 7:17; Revelation 21:6. ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΡΌΝΟΥ. In Ezekiel’s vision (chap. 47) the River proceeds out of the Temple, here out of the Temple’s antitype. We are also mean... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝΤΕΥ͂ΘΕΝ ΚΑῚ ἘΚΕΙ͂ΘΕΝ. א* has ἔνθεν καί. אc adds ἔνθεν. ΠΟΙΟΥ͂Ν. So Text. Rec[864] Lach[865] and Treg[866] with אB2; Tisch[867] reads ποιῶν with A. [864] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [865] Lachmann’s larger edition. [866] Tregelles. [867] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the te... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑΤΆΘΕΜΑ. A peculiar equivalent (found also in the _Teaching of the Apostles_ c. 16 σωθήσονται ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ καταθέματος) of the common Hebrew word rendered ἀνάθεμα in Zechariah 14:11 (of which this verse is a reminiscence). There A. V[894] translates “utter destruction,” R. V[895] Text “curse,” Mar... [ Continue Reading ]
ὌΝ. ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. א adds καί. 4. ὌΨΟΝΤΑΙ ΤῸ ΠΡΌΣΩΠΟΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. This is the _locus classicus_ for what constitutes the blessedness of heaven, the “Beatific Vision.” It is intimated in Job 19:26 and in Isaiah 52:8, where there may be an allusion to the privilege of Moses, Exodus 33:11; Numbers 12:8; Deutero... [ Continue Reading ]
ΦΩΤῸΣ ΛΎΧΝΟΥ ΚΑῚ ΦΩΤῸΣ ἩΛΊΟΥ. B2 reads λύχνου καὶ φωτὸς, A φωτὸς λύχνου καὶ φῶς ἡλίου. 5. ἜΤΙ. ἐκεῖ in Text. Rec[896] is borrowed from Revelation 21:25. [896] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΩ͂Ν ΠΝΕΥΜΆΤΩΝ ΤΩ͂Ν. Text. Rec[870] reads τῶν ἁγίων with 1 arm[871] An[872][873] ba[874][870] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [871] Armenian. [872] Andreas’ Augsburg MS. 12th century. [873] Andreas’ Augsburg MS. 12th century. [874] Andreas’ Munich MS. 6. ΚΑῚ ΕἾΠΈΝ ΜΟΙ. Who speaks? th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CONFIRMATION OF THE PROMISE, THE ERROR OF THE SEER... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ἸΔΟΎ, 1 and Primas[875] omit καί. [875] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ἜΡΧΟΜΑΙ. אc has ἔρχονται, 12 ἔρχεται. 7. ἜΡΧΟΜΑΙ ΤΑΧΎ. Spoken no doubt _in the name_ of Christ, though hardly by Him: cf. Revelation 3:11 and Revelation 22:12; Revelation 22:20. ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΣ Ὁ ΤΗΡΩ͂Ν. Revelation 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΜΠΡΟΣΘΕΝ ΤΩ͂Ν. A has πρό. 8. ΚἈΓῺ ἸΩΆΝΝΗΣ Ὁ�. Most modern commentators understand εἰμὶ after κἀγὼ or after Ἰωάννης: “I am that John who …,” or “I John am he who.…” It would be also possible to compare Daniel 10:17, Theodotion, καὶ ἐγὼ�, where A. V[897] translates it, “As for me,” &c.; though καὶ b... [ Continue Reading ]
ΠΡΟΦΗΤΩ͂Ν, ΚΑΊ. 1 Primas[876] omit καί. [876] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 9. ΤΩ͂Ν�. It has been recognised in Revelation 22:6-7, that St John is a prophet, and shares in the special blessedness given to prophets. But at the same time “they which keep the words of this book,” though not proph... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΟῪΣ ΛΌΓΟΥΣ. א adds τούτους here and τούτων in Revelation 22:19. 10. ΛΈΓΕΙ. Still, probably, the same angel. He speaks still more unmistakeably in Christ’s person, now that St John understands beyond mistake that he is not Christ Himself. ΜῊ ΣΦΡΑΓΊΣΗΙΣ. Pointedly contrasted with Daniel 12:4; Daniel... [ Continue Reading ]
Ὁ�. Cyp[877] and Primas[878] _hii qui perseverant nocere noceant_, i.q. οἱ�. ἔτι�. Ep. Lugd. ὁ ἄνομος� (so Cyp[879] Primas[880] _justiora faciat_, Aug. _Justus fiat_) ἔτι, apparently omitting ὁ ῥυπαρὸς ῥυπανθήτω ἔτι with A 1 …: Orig. has ὁ καθαρὸς καθαρισθήτω ἔτι καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ἁγ. ἔτι, so aeth[881] om... [ Continue Reading ]
ἸΔΟΎ. Text. Rec[882] with 1 καὶ ἰδού. [882] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 12. ἸΔΟῪ ἜΡΧΟΜΑΙ ΤΑΧΎ. Of course He Who “comes” is the Lord Jesus: it does not follow that He is personally present to the Seer, possibly the angel still speaks in His name. Ὁ ΜΙΣΘΌΣ ΜΟΥ ΜΕΤʼ ἘΜΟΥ͂. Isaiah 5... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WITNESS OF THE LORD... [ Continue Reading ]
Ὁ ΠΡΩ͂ΤΟΣ ΚΑῚ Ὁ ἜΣΧΑΤΟΣ. A omits the articles. 13. ἘΓῺ ΤῸ ἌΛΦΑ ΚΑῚ ΤῸ Ὦ. Song of Solomon 1:8 (_not_ 11); there the Father speaks, here the Son.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΟἹ ΠΛΎΝΟΝΤΕΣ ΤᾺΣ ΣΤΟΛᾺΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν. Text. Rec[883] reads οἱ ποιοῦντες τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ with B2 Tert[884] Cyp[885] Tyc[886][883] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [884] Tertullian as quoted by Haussleiter. [885] St Cyprian as quoted by Haussleiter. [886] Tyconius. 14. ΟἹ ΠΛΎΝΟΝΤΕΣ ΤᾺΣ ΣΤΟΛ... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΞΩ. Are we to suppose that Gehenna is always close to the Walls of Jerusalem? ΟἹ ΚΎΝΕΣ ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΊ. See on Revelation 9:21; Revelation 21:8. Note the articles throughout which R. V[899] expresses. [899] Revised Version. ΠΟΙΩ͂Ν. The word is the same as in St John 1; Ephesians 1:6. To _do_ the... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΠῚ ΤΑΙ͂Σ. 1 Primas[887] (_vobis septem_) omit ἐπί. Lach[888] reads ἐν with A. [887] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [888] Lachmann’s larger edition. ΓΈΝΟΣ. Text. Rec[889] adds τοῦ with 1, which contains nothing after δᾶδ = δανείδ to the end of the book. [889] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἸΠΆΤΩ, ἜΡΧΟΥ· ΚΑΊ. Primas[890] omits ἔρχου καί. [890] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 17. THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE 17. ΚΑῚ ΤῸ ΠΝΕΥ͂ΜΑ ΚΑῚ Ἡ ΝΎΜΦΗ. “The Bride” is, it is here implied, the Church on earth, imploring her absent Lord to come to her. But the Bride throughout this Book has been the... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΆΝ ΤΙΣ. Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 12:32. The parallel of those passages proves, that the curse denounced is on those who interpolate unauthorised _doctrines_ in the prophecy, or who neglect essential ones; not on transcribers who might unadvisedly interpolate or omit something in the true text.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FINAL TESTIMONY OF THE SEER AND HIS BENEDICTION... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΠῸ ΤΟΥ͂ ΞΎΛΟΥ … ἘΚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΌΛΕΩΣ. His part is to be cut off from the Tree, cast out from the City. ΤΩ͂Ν ΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΈΝΩΝ. Is in apposition to both, includes them, but is hardly limited to them.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΜΉΝ. א cop[891] omit. [891] Coptic. 20. ΝΑῚ.… “Yea (in answer to the prayers of Revelation 22:17) I come quickly.”... [ Continue Reading ]
21. Primas[892] omits. For ΠΆΝΤΩΝ א substitutes, B2 adds, τῶν ἁγίων. [892] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 21. ΜΕΤᾺ ΠΆΝΤΩΝ. See crit. note. This does not seem so much in the spirit of the Book as the alternative reading τῶν ἁγίων. APPENDIX EXCURSUS I THE ANGELS OF THE CHURCHES: ELEMENTAL ANGEL... [ Continue Reading ]