Revelation 7:1-3
Revelation 7:1-3. THE VISION OF THE FOUR ANGELS OF THE FOUR WINDS... [ Continue Reading ]
Revelation 7:1-3. THE VISION OF THE FOUR ANGELS OF THE FOUR WINDS... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΠῚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΓΗ͂Σ, ΜΉΤΕ ἘΠῚ ΤΗ͂Σ ΘΑΛΆΣΣΗΣ, ΜΉΤΕ ἘΠῚ ΠΑ͂Ν ΔΈΝΔΡΟΝ with אP 1. A reads μήτε ἐπὶ θαλάσσης μήτε ἐπὶ δένδρου; Naber proposes to read μήτε ἐπ. θαλ. μήτε ἐπὶ�, which would be plausible but for the fact that ἄνυδρος (Job 30:3; Isaiah 35:7; Isaiah 41:19; Matthew 12:43) means not ‘dry land’ but ‘wi... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΝΑΒΑΊΝΟΝΤΑ. Probably the Heaven from which St John looks down on the earth formed a vault over it, or at least rested on walls surrounding the earth; cf. Enoch xviii. 5, ἴδον πέρατα τῆς γῆς τὸ στήριγμα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. This Angel, then, mounted up the eastern side of this vault or circling wall (probab... [ Continue Reading ]
ἌΧΡΙ ΣΦΡΑΓΊΣΩΜΕΝ. The object of the sealing is twofold: (1) to mark them as God’s own, beyond the risk of loss; we may almost certainly infer, from this chapter compared with Revelation 14:1, that the inscription of the seal is the Name of God and of the Lamb; and (2) to mark them as to be saved fro... [ Continue Reading ]
ἙΚΑΤῸΝ ΤΕΣΣΕΡΆΚΟΝΤΑ ΤΈΣΣΑΡΕΣ ΧΙΛΙΆΔΕΣ. As there are twelve tribes, so in each tribe there are to be twelve thousands: possibly with a reminiscence of the primitive political and military organisation, when a “thousand” was a recognised subdivision of a tribe. See Judges 6:15; Micah 5:2. Any way, we... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEALING OF THE 144,000... [ Continue Reading ]
ΔΏΔΕΚΑ ΧΙΛΙΆΔΕΣ ἘΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΈΝΟΙ. The uncials repeat ἐσφρ. at the beginning and end. Primas[270] only has it at the beginning, aeth[271] only at end; 1 in the first three places and the last; Text. Rec[272] everywhere with Vg[273] and arm[274] [270] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [271] Aethiopic V... [ Continue Reading ]
5–8. ἘΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΈΝΟΙ. It is a question whether there is any principle in the order of the names. Judah is no doubt named first, as the tribe of David and of the Son of David: then Reuben as the eldest son of Israel, while Joseph and Benjamin, the two youngest, come last. Gad and Asher, Simeon and Levi... [ Continue Reading ]
ΜΑΝΑΣΣΗ͂. If written Μαν. this might be a corruption of Δάν. Origen remarks on the omission of Dan; so the Coptic version, which has Dan instead of Manasse, cannot have preserved a continuous tradition.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΣΥΜΕΏΝ. א omits this tribe, cf. Deuteronomy 33:6-7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ἸΔΟΎ. A and Latins omit these words; C omits ἰδού. ὌΧΛΟΣ ΠΟΛΎΣ. A and Latins read ὄχλον πολύν; Methodius reads καὶ εἶδον�, δ�. ἙΣΤΩ͂ΤΕΣ with אAP; ἑστῶτας B2, ἑστώτων C. ΠΕΡΙΒΕΒΛΗΜΈΝΟΥΣ. Text. Rec[275] reads περιβεβλημένοι with א°P 1 and Latins. [275] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrive... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRAISE OF THE GREAT MULTITUDE OF THE REDEEMED... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΩ͂Ι ΘΕΩ͂Ι ἩΜΩ͂Ν. A reads τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν. ΤΩ͂Ι�. א° reads τοῦ�; τῷ καθημένῳ is omitted by א*; 1 has τῷ καθ. ἐπὶ τ. θρ. θεῷ ἡμῶν. Were the two oldest readings τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ τοῦ�, and τῷ καθ. ἐπὶ τῷ θρόνῳ καὶ τῷ�? 10. Ἡ ΣΩΤΗΡΊΑ. The word “salvation” has the article, so that perhaps the sense is,... [ Continue Reading ]
Ἡ ΕΥ̓ΛΟΓΊΑ ΚΑῚ Ἡ ΔΌΞΑ Κ.Τ.Λ. The seven words of praise have each the article: see on chap. Revelation 5:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
ἈΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ. Perhaps because his question is suggested by the wonder of the Seer. Cf. Matthew 11:25; Deuteronomy 25:9, in both of which passages it is easier to see the force of the word.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΎΡΙΈ ΜΟΥ. Text. Rec[277] omits μου with A 1. [277] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ἜΠΛΥΝΑΝ ΤᾺΣ ΣΤΟΛᾺΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν ΚΑῚ ἘΛΕΎΚΑΝΑΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΆΣ. Primas[278] omits ἔπλυναν (_stolas suas Candidas fecerunt_); B2 omits αὐτάς. [278] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 14. ΕἼΟΗΚΑ. The perfect here is... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΝΏΠΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΡΌΝΟΥ. Perhaps in a more favoured position than is given to _all_, even among Saints: as we have similar language about the most favoured Angels, Matthew 18:10; Luke 1:19. ΛΑΤΡΕΎΟΥΣΙΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι. The sense would be clearer if the word were rendered “worship”: it does not mean that they h... [ Continue Reading ]
16, 17. Taken from Isaiah 49:10. We have again the solemn paradox, that the Lamb is Shepherd (of course we are reminded of St John 10, but we ought to remember Psalms 23 as well, and its many O.T. imitations, including Isa. l.c., in all of which the Shepherd is the Lord God of Israel), and the men a... [ Continue Reading ]
ΖΩΗ͂Σ. Text. Rec[279] ζώσας with 1. [279] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. The two Visions in this Chapter, 1–8, 9–17, each introduced by the same phrase “After this,” seem to belong (the former perhaps does belong) to the interval between the openings of the Sixth Seal and the Sevent... [ Continue Reading ]