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Verse Revelation 1:16. _IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS_] The _stars_
are afterwards interpreted as representing the _seven angels_,
messengers, or bishops of the _seven Churches_. Their being in the
_r...
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AND HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS - Emblematic of the angels of
the seven churches. How he held them is not said. It may be that they
seemed to rest on his open palm; or it may be that he seeme...
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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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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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HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS.
These are said (verse 20) to be the seven angels of the churches. We
have not space here to discuss these angels, but if the reader will
refer to _The Vision of...
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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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HE HAD. having.
STARS. See Revelation 1:20.
OUT... SWORD. For the Figure compare Psalms 55:21; Psalms 57:4; Psalms
59:7.
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_he had_ Lit. HAVING, and so the sword "going" out of His mouth.
Throughout the book, participles are used coordinately with finite
verbs, especially in descriptions: perhaps rather by a Hebraism than...
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ἜΧΩΝ. The present participle of this verb here and in Revelation
6:2; Revelation 6:5; Revelation 10:2; Revelation 19:12;...
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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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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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HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS:— The _candlesticks,_ or
_churches,_ were round about him: he, in the midst of them, held in
his right hand the _stars;_ that is, the angels or bishops of the
chur...
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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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And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a
sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in
his strength.
HE HAD - `having.' John takes up the descrip...
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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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STARS] see on Revelation 1:20. SWORD] A comparison with Isaiah 11:4; 2
Thessalonians 2:8 shows that this probably signifies that Christ has
but to 'speak the word' and His enemies will be destroyed. H...
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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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AND HE HAD (or, _having_) IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS. — The stars
are explained later on (Revelation 1:20) to be the emblems of the
angels of the seven churches; they are described as stars in His...
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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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The care and control exercised by Christ over the churches only come
forward after the suggestions of majesty and authority (13 15) which
followed the initial idea of Christ's central position (ἐν
μέσ...
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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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_In his right hand seven stars, which, as it is said, (ver. 20.) were
the Angels, i.e. the bishops of the seven churches, by this comparison
is expressed their dignity. --- And from his mouth came out...
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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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AND HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS,.... The angels or pastors of
the seven churches, Revelation 1:20. The ministers of the Gospel are
compared to stars, because of their efficient cause, God, wh...
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And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a
sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance _was_ as the sun shineth in
his strength.
Ver. 16. _And he had in his right hand_] See...
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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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SEVEN STARS; representing the angels of the seven churches, verse
Revelation 1:20.
A SHARP TWO - EDGED SWORD; with which he smites the nations, chap
Revelation 19:15; compare Isaiah 11:4;...
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The vision of the Son of Man:...
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AND HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS; AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH WENT A
SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD; AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS AS THE SUN SHINETH IN
HIS STRENGTH.
John records, first of all, what impression the...
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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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_ 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a
sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in
its strength._
A. SEVEN STARS IN RIGHT HAND - The stars are t...
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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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AND HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS: the right hand is the hand
of power, PSALMS 21:8; and of favour, PSALMS 44:3; and of honour and
dignity, PSALMS 110:1. The _seven stars_ are expounded,...
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Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
Who will ply the sword without practising the contraries to lenity and
justice; that is, guile, and asperity, and injustice, proper (of
course) to the business of bat...
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Revelation 1:16 G2532 had G2192 (G5723) in G1722 His G846 right G1188
hand G5495 seven G2033 stars...
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‘And he had in his right hand seven stars, and from his mouth came a
sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was as the sun shines in its
strength.'
The idea of the seven stars held in the right hand may...
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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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Revelation 1:16. From the personal appearance of the Redeemer, the
Seer now passes to His equipment for His work, and that in three
particulars. AND HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS. In the writin...
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AND HE HAD
(κα εχων). "And having," present active participle of εχω,
loose use of the participle (almost like ειχε, imperfect) and not
in agreement with αυτου, genitive case. This is a common idio...
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In the first fourteen verses we have given to us part of the glowing
description of the glories of the ascended Christ, and here it is
completed.
Revelation 1:15. _And his feet like unto fine brass,...
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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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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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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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SEVEN STARS. The "angels" of the churches (Revelation 1:20). SHARP
TWO-EDGED SWORD. A symbol of God's word (Revelation 19:15; Ephesians
6:17). HIS FACE WAS AS BRIGHT. See the transfiguration ...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:16 TWO-EDGED SWORD. God’s Word,
which searches hearts and judges rebels (compare Ephesians 6:17;...
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"In his hand seven stars." We are told what they mean; the messengers
or ministers to the churches. "Out of his mouth went a sharp two edged
sword." Observe that the sword was in his mouth, not in his...
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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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_16 AND HE HAD IN HIS RIGHT HAND SEVEN STARS: AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH
WENT A SHARP TWOEDGED SWORD: AND HIS COUNTENANCE WAS AS THE SUN
SHINETH IN HIS STRENGTH._
_ 17 AND WHEN I SAW HIM, I FELL AT HIS FEE...
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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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Acts 26:13; Daniel 12:3; Daniel 8:10; Ephesians 6:17; Hebrews 4:12;...
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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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And he had in his right hand seven stars — In token of his favour
and powerful protection. And out of his mouth went a sharp two —
edged sword — Signifying his justice and righteous anger,
continually...