Revelation 1:1
1:1 place; (b-19) Aorist, lit. 'have taken place,' perhaps 'be accomplished.' signified (c-22) * Lit. 'made known by signs.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:1 place; (b-19) Aorist, lit. 'have taken place,' perhaps 'be accomplished.' signified (c-22) * Lit. 'made known by signs.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:3 words (d-11) _ Logos_ , as throughout this book, save ch. 17.17, _ rhema_ . See Note at John 17:14 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:4 come; (e-26) It is not 'about to come,' for the _ act_ of the Lord's coming is not immediately before the mind. I will not say there is no allusion to the future awaited exercise of divine power; for in Daniel, not only is the Son of man brought before the Ancient of days, but the Ancient of da... [ Continue Reading ]
1:5 from (f-10) Lit. 'of the dead.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:6 made (g-2) Lit. 'he has made.' 'Loves' and 'has washed' are participles.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:7 which (h-15) _ Hostis_ . as Matthew 7:24 . land (i-25) Or 'earth.' See Note at Matthew 5:5 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:8 come, (e-22) It is not 'about to come,' for the _ act_ of the Lord's coming is not immediately before the mind. I will not say there is no allusion to the future awaited exercise of divine power; for in Daniel, not only is the Son of man brought before the Ancient of days, but the Ancient of da... [ Continue Reading ]
1:9 patience, (n-13) _ Hupomone_ , 'endurance.' see James 5:7 ; so chs. 2.2,3,19; 13.10; 14.12. The words 'tribulation,' 'kingdom,' 'patience' are intimately connected, being brought together under one head by one article in the Greek. was (o-16) _ Ginomai_ . see John 1:17 . His being there was an e... [ Continue Reading ]
1:10 Spirit (p-5) 'In [the] Spirit' is a _ state_ into which he entered. See Note c, Matthew 3:11 . day, (a-9) The 'dominical' or 'lordly' day -- characterized by belonging to the Lord, as 'Lord's,' 1 Corinthians 11:20 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:11 write (b-5) send (b-10) Aorist, 'have it written and sent.' it is to be a complete thing done.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:12 lamps, (c-20) Or 'lampstands' ( _ luchnia_ ) but simply here, I think, 'lamps' as compared with Hebrews 9:2 , where it is clearly the 'candlestick' or 'lampstand.' If _ luchnos_ and _ luchnia_ are distinguished, _ luchnia_ is the stand. The words are so distinguished in Matthew 5:15 , Luke 8:16... [ Continue Reading ]
1:13 [the] (d-11) Or 'a Son of man.' See Daniel 7:13 , also without the article. It is not likeness to a person John knew, but to the character known by this title in scripture. To have seen angels in heaven would have been no wonder, but to see one as 'Son of man' was. This chapter corresponds to D... [ Continue Reading ]
1:15 fine (e-5) Or 'shining.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:18 became (f-7) _ Ginomai_ . see John 1:17 . Became what he was not before. hades. (g-27) Hades. see Note, Matthew 11:23 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:19 are, (h-11) are (h-16) The first 'are' is plural; 'are about to' is singular.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:20 angels (i-25) The word has also the sense of 'messengers.' see Note e, ch. 2.20.... [ Continue Reading ]