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Verse Revelation 1:17. _I FELL AT HIS FEET AS DEAD._] The appearance
of the _glory_ of the Lord had then same effect upon Ezekiel, Ezekiel
1:28: and the appearance of Gabriel had the same effect on D...
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AND WHEN I SAW HIM, I FELL AT HIS FEET AS DEAD - As if I were dead;
deprived of sense and consciousness. He was overwhelmed with the
suddenness of the vision; he saw that this was a divine being; but...
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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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FEAR NOT.
The splendors of the vision, the majesty and brightness of the Person
before him, filled John with such awe that he was overcome and fell to
the earth. Then Christ laid upon him his hand, t...
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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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FELL. Greek. _pipto._ See Revelation 7:16 (light).
AT. Greek. _pros._ App-104.
DEAD. one dead. App-139.
UNTO ME. The texts omit.
I AM... LAST. Compare Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 4
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_I fell at his feet as dead_ So Daniel 8:17 sq., Daniel 10:8-9; Daniel
10:15 (Ezekiel 1:28;...
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ἜΠΕΣΑ … ΝΕΚΡΌΣ. So Daniel 8:17 sq., Daniel 10:8-9;
Daniel 10:15 (Ezekiel 1:28;...
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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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DISCOURSE: 2480
CHRIST’S POWER OVER THE INVISIBLE WORLD
Revelation 1:17. _Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that
liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
hav...
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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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AND WHEN I SAW HIM, I FELL AT HIS FEET, &C.— "I have just been
describing the appearance of Jesus Christ to me, with which I was
favoured on the Lord's day, while I was engaged in such devout
sentimen...
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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 when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right
hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
So fallen is man, that God's manifestation of His presence...
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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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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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I FELL AT HIS FEET AS DEAD. — At the sight of Him, the Evangelist
fell as one dead. “Was this He whom upon earth St. John had known so
familiarly? Was this He in whose bosom He had lain at that Last
S...
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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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ἔπεσα κ. τ. λ., the stereotyped behaviour (_cf._ Numbers
24:4) in such apocalyptic trances (Weinel, 129, 182, _R. J._ 375 f.;
for the terror of spiritual experience _cf._ Schiller's lines:
“Schrecklic...
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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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JOHN'S RESPONSE TO JESUS' GREATNESS
The vision of Jesus was so powerful and awe-inspiring that John fell
down as if he were dead (compare Isaiah 6:5; Ezekiel 1:29; Daniel
8:17; Daniel 8:27;...
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(10) And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. (11) And he laid
his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; (12) I am the first
and the last:
(10) A religious fear, that goes before the c...
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I am the first and the last. These are the words of the Son of man,
or of him that represented our Saviour, Christ, to St. John. To be the
first and the last, is another expression agreeing only to h...
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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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_THE ‘FEAR NOTS’ OF THE NEW TESTAMENT_
‘Fear not!’
Revelation 1:17
My purpose is to ask your attention to the seven ‘Fear nots’ of
the New Testament.
I. WE TAKE OUR FIRST ‘FEAR NOT!’ FROM ST. Luke...
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_JOHN’S SIGHT OF CHRIST_
‘And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His
right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the
last: I am He that liveth, and was dead;...
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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 WHEN I SAW HIM,.... The glorious person here described, who was
just behind him, and of whom he had a full view, being so near him:
I FELL AT HIS FEET AS DEAD; through consternation and fear, the...
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And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right
hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Ver. 17. _I fell at his feet as dead_] The nearer any one co...
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_And when I saw him_ In this awful, this glorious, and resplendent
form, I was perfectly overwhelmed with the majesty of his appearance,
so that _I fell at his feet as dead_ Human nature not being abl...
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AS DEAD; being overcome by the divine majesty and glory of the
Redeemer.
THE FIRST AND THE LAST; a direct ascription to himself of the
attributes of deity. See Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 44:6. A full view o...
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AND WHEN I SAW HIM, I FELL AT HIS FEET AS DEAD. AND HE LAID HIS RIGHT
HAND UPON ME, SAYING UNTO ME. FEAR NOT; I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST;...
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Christ commands John to write:...
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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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_ 17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His
right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First
and the Last. _
A. FELL AS DEAD - How would you react? It was cl...
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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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I FELL AT HIS FEET AS DEAD; astonished at the majesty and glory of the
appearance: see JOSHUA 5:14 DANIEL 8:17,18 MT 17:6 ACTS 9:4. AND HE
LAID HIS RIGHT HAND UPON ME, SAYING UNTO ME, FEAR NOT; to com...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
Something also alludes to the end [of all things], as [where He speaks
of] the fine brass burning in the fire, which denotes the power of
faith, and the continuing i...
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Revelation 1:17 And G2532 when G3753 saw G1492 (G5627) Him G846 fell
G4098 (G5627) at G4314 His...
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‘And he laid his right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I
am the first and the last, and the living one, I died and, see, I am
alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades”.'
H...
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‘And when I saw him I fell at his feet as one dead.'
We can compare this with Ezekiel 1:28 where Ezekiel ‘fell on his
face' before God. Here too John is seeing the ‘appearance of the
likeness of 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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Revelation 1:17-18. The effect of the vision upon the Seer is now
described. I fell, he says, AT HIS FEET AS DEAD (cp. Exodus 33:20;
Isaiah 6:5;...
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I FELL
(επεσα). Late form for the old επεσον (second aorist active
indicative of πιπτω, to fall). Under the over-powering influence
of the vision as in Revelation 19:10.HE LAID
(εθηκεν). First ao...
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Revelation 1:17
The Keys of Hell and of Death.
I. Looking back upon His incarnate course below, our Lord testifies
that He, the Eternal, Living One, died in the verity of His human
nature. The solemn...
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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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I FELL DOWN. Shock and fright! DON'T BE AFRAID. The old love (John
14:1-3). THE FIRST AND THE LAST. Compare Revelation 1:8. Note the
similarity between God and Christ....
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:17 THE FIRST AND THE LAST. The Son
of Man affirms his eternal existence, echoing the Lord’s boast over
idols (Isaiah 44:6)....
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John fell at his feet as dead; and Christ said: "Fear not I am the
first and the last, he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive
for evermore." I was dead; but I am dead no more. I have "the...
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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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Daniel 10:10; Daniel 10:12; Daniel 10:17; Daniel 10:8; Daniel 10:9;...
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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 I fell at his feet as dead — Human nature not being able to
sustain so glorious an appearance. Thus was he prepared (like Daniel
of old, whom he peculiarly resembles) for receiving so weighty a
pr...
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Observe here, 1. The effect which this glorious representation of
Christ in this vision had upon St. John; he was astonished and amazed
at it, and fell down at Christ's feet as one almost dead.
Note f...