THE... CHRIST. The Divine title of the Book. THE REVELATION. Revelation. Greek. _apokalupsis,_ whence our "Apocalypse". App-106 and App-197. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. UNTO. to. SHEW. point out. First occurrence Matthew 4:8. Compare Revelation 22:6. servants, servant. App-190. The word is peculiarly a... [ Continue Reading ]
RECORD. witness. See p. 1511. The verb Occurs only here and Revelation 22:16; Revelation 22:20 in Rev. THE WORD OF GOD. Thus. direct prophetic communication, as 1 Samuel 9:27; 1 Kings 12:22; 1 Chronicles 17:3. Yet Compare Revelation 1:9; Revelation 6:9;... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. Happy. Greek. _makarios,_ by which the Septuagint renders the Hebrew _'ashrey._ See App-63. First of seven occurance in Rev. (fifty in N.T.) THIS. the. PROPHECY. Occurs seven times (App-10) in Rev. KEEP. See Luke 2:19; Luke 2:51. Occurs eleven times in Rev. THOSE. the. THEREIN. in (Gre... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN. See App-10 and App-197. CHURCHES. GREEK. _ EKKLESIA._ APP-120 AND APP-186. in. App-104. ASIA. Not Europe, and consequently not Christendom. GRACE. App-184. FROM. APP-104. Him... come. Greek paraphrase of "Jehovah". See App-4. WHICH. Who, and so throughout Revelation. SPIRITS. App-101.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAITHFUL. App-150. Compare Isaiah 55:4. WITNESS. Greek. _martus._ See Revelation 3:14 and p. 1511. FIRST BEGOTTEN. See Romans 8:29; Hebrews 1:6. Compare Psalms 2:7; Acts 13:33; 1 Corinthians 15:20; Colossians 1:18. OF THE DEAD. App-139. The texts omit... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH. Omit. KINGS AND PRIESTS. (to be). kingdom (so all texts) and (to be) priests. See Revelation 5:10; Revelation 20:6; Exodus 19:6 (Septuagint "a royal priesthood") FATHER. See App-98. GLORY. the glory. See p. 1511. DOMINION. the dominion. App-172. FOR EVER, &C. App-151. a. First of fourteen... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. App-133. WITH. App-104. CLOUDS. the clouds. EYE. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (App-6), for person. SEE. App-133. THEY, &C. Allusion to Zechariah 12:10. PIERCED. Compare John 19:34. KINDREDS. tribes, as Matthew 19:28; Matthew 24:30. &c. Greek. _phule._ BECAUSE OF. Greek. _epi_. App-1... [ Continue Reading ]
ALPHA AND OMEGA. The Alpha and the Omega. See Revelation 1:17; Revelation 22:13. THE... ENDING. The texts omit. LORD. The texts read "LORD God" (see App-4). LORD. App-98. ALMIGHTY App-98. The Greek word occurs nine (App-10) times in Rev. Only once elsewhere (2 Corinthians 6:18) in N.T.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO ALSO AM. Omit. COMPANION. partaker, as Romans 11:17; Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:7. &c. TRIBULATION. the tribulation. Here; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 2:10; Revelation 2:22; Revelation 7:14. IN THE. The texts omit. KINGDOM AND PATIENCE. With this "kingdom" the "tribulation" is specially co... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. App-101. See Revelation 4:2; Revelation 17:3; Revelation 21:10. ON. in (Greek. _en)_. THE LORD'S DAY. the day of the Lord (Isaiah 2:12, &c), the Hebrew terms for which are equivalent to the Greek _he kuriake hemera,_ the Lord's day. Occurances: 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:2 (with... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM... LAST: AND. The texts omit. SEEST. App-133. IN. Greek. _eis._ BOOK. roll, or scroll, as Revelation 6:14. SEND. App-174. WHICH... ASIA. The texts omit. UNTO. Greek. eis, as above.... [ Continue Reading ]
VOICE. The Speaker (Figures of speech _Metonymy of Effect,_ and _Catachresis._ App-6). See Revelation 1:10. SPAKE. was speaking. BEING. having. CANDLESTICKS. larnpstands. Occurs seven times in Rev.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE. Omit. SON OF MAN. See App-98 and App-99. ABOUT. Greek. _pros._ PAPS. breasts.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
FINE BRASS. Only here and Revelation 2:18. AS... BURNED. as glowing. FURNACE. Only here; Revelation 9:2.Matthew 13:42; Matthew 13:50. VOICE... WATERS. See Revelation 1:10; Revelation 14:2; Revelation 19:6; Ezekiel 1:24;... [ Continue Reading ]
HE HAD. having. STARS. See Revelation 1:20. OUT... SWORD. For the Figure compare Psalms 55:21; Psalms 57:4; Psalms 59:7. The significance is seen in Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 49:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:8. See also Revelation 2:12;... [ Continue Reading ]
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 43:10; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 48:11; Isaiah 48:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
I... LIVETH. And the Living One. LIVETH, ALIVE. App-170. AND. Read "and yet". WAS. became. DEAD. See App-139. I AM ALIVE. Living (emph.) am I. AMEN. Omit. HELL... DEATH. The texts read "death and of hell". HELL. grave. App-131. See Revelation 20:13 (margin) 1 Corinthians 15:55. Revised Versi... [ Continue Reading ]
WRITE. The texts add "therefore". HAST SEEN. sawest, as Revelation 1:2. THE... ARE. what thoy are, i.e. what they signify. AND. even. SHALL BE. are about to happen. HEREAFTER. Literally after (Greek. _meta.)_ these things (Greek. _tauta)_. Hebrew idiom; compare Genesis 22:1. First of ten occurr... [ Continue Reading ]
MYSTERY. secret symbol. See App-193. STARS. Greek. _aster,_ occurs fourteen times in Rev. (App-10) IN. Greek. _epi._ ARE. represent, or signify. THE. Omit. ANGELS. App-120. Revelation 1:2. WHICH... SAWEST. The texts omit. THE. Omit.... [ Continue Reading ]