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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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, s...
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John turned to see the speaker whose voice had startled him, and his
eyes rested upon. vision of surpassing glory. He beheld seven golden
lamps, and among them walked one "like unto the Son of Man." H...
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GOD'S REVELATION TO MEN (Revelation 1:1-3)...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHITE] denoting the purity and majesty of God: cp. Daniel 7:9....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL, AS WHITE AS SNOW, AND HIS
EYES WERE AS A FLAME OF FIRE,...
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The vision of the Son of Man:...
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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...
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_ 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...
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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...
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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...
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Revelation 1:14 G1161 His G846 head G2776 and G2532 hair G2359 white
G3022 like G5616 wool G2053 white...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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HIS HAIR WAS WHITE. Not with age, but with heavenly glory! White
symbolizes purity and victory....
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:14 HAIRS... LIKE WHITE WOOL
represent divine wisdom (Daniel 7:9; compare...
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"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...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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Daniel 10:6; Daniel 7:9; Matthew 28:3; Revelation 19:12; Revelation
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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....
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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...