Scofield's Bible Commentary
Revelation 1:10
voice
The theophanies. (Revelation 1:9); (Genesis 12:7).
voice
The theophanies. (Revelation 1:9); (Genesis 12:7).
Verse Revelation 1:10. _I WAS IN THE SPIRIT_] That is, I received the Spirit of prophecy, and was under its influence when the first vision was exhibited. _THE LORD'S DAY_] The first day of the week...
I WAS IN THE SPIRIT - This cannot refer to his own spirit, for such an expression would be unintelligible. The language then must refer to some unusual state, or to some influence that had been brough...
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
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...
WAS IN THE SPIRIT ON THE LORD'S DAY. Under the influence of the Spirit. The Lord's day is the day on which Christ arose from the dead, the first day of the week, as the Lord's Supper is the memorial o...
The opening scenes of Revelation are of the most striking character. Though the apostle is confined upon. lonely rock of the sea and is far away from the saints assembled in the name of Christ, yet be...
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a great voice, like the sound of a trumpet, saying: "Write what you see in a book, and send it to the seven Churches, to Ephesus and to Smy...
GOD'S REVELATION TO MEN (Revelation 1:1-3)...
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 ...
Vision of the Son of Man, Revelation 1:10-20 10. _I was in the spirit_ Was caught into a state of spiritual rapture. Song of Solomon 4:2 and (nearly) Revelation 17:3;...
ἘΓΕΝΌΜΗΝ ἘΝ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΙ. Was caught into a state of spiritual rapture. Song of Solomon 4:2 and (nearly) Revelation 17:3; Revelation 21:10; cf....
_A REVELATION TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES REVELATION 1:9-11:_ On a certain Lord's day, from the Isle of Patmos, John was commanded to write this to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrn...
ΈΓΕΝΌΜΗΝ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, ΈΝ ΠΝΕΫ́ΜΑΤΙ (G1722; G4151) в Духе. Эта фраза обозначает, что пророк находился в состоянии вдохновения, но это не экстатический припа...
DISCOURSE: 2478 BEING IN THE SPIRIT Revelation 1:10. _I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day_. WE are told by our blessed Lord, “Not to fear those who can only kill the body, and after that have no mo...
I WAS IN THE SPIRIT ON THE LORD'S DAY,— That is, the day which we in general call Sunday; denominated the _Lord's day,_ in memory of his resurrection from the dead. That the primitive Christians set t...
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,...
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, I WAS - `I came to be:' 'I became.' IN THE SPIRIT - in a state of ecstasy: the outer world shut out: the...
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...
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...
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...
SPIRIT] RV 'Spirit.' John was in a prophetic trance: cp. Acts 10:10; 2 Corinthians 12:2. LORD'S DAY] the earliest known use of the term for 'Sunday': cp. Acts 20:7;...
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...
I WAS (or, _I became_) IN THE SPIRIT. — The mind, drawn onward by the contemplation of things spiritual, is abstracted from the immediate consciousness of outward earthly forms of life. In great natur...
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...
Ecstasy or spiritual rapture, the supreme characteristic of prophets in Did. xi. 7 (where the unpardonable sin is to criticise a prophet λαλοῦντα ἐν πνεύματι), was not an uncommon experience in early...
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...
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....
JOHN John was more than just a brother in Christ. He was also one going through the extreme distress of persecution. He may have been banished to the Isle of Patmos because of his continued preaching...
I was in the (h) Spirit on the (i) Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, (h) This is a holy trance expressed, with which the prophets were entranced, and being carried out o...
On the Lord's day. [3] Not on the Jewish sabbath, which is our Saturday, but on the Christian sabbath, our Sunday, called the Lord's day. The Church, in the apostle's time, changed the day of rest, on...
(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...
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...
_THE LORD’S DAY_ ‘I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day.’ Revelation 1:10 Our subject is the question of Sunday observance as distinct from Sabbath observance, the Christian institution of the Lord...
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...
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...
I WAS IN THE SPIRIT ON THE LORD'S DAY,.... Not on the Jewish sabbath, which was now abolished, nor was that ever called the Lord's day, and had John meant that, he would have said on the sabbath day;...
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Ver. 10. _I was in the Spirit_] Acted by him, and carried out of himself, as the demoniac is said to be in t...
_I was in the Spirit_ That is, in a trance, a prophetic vision; so overwhelmed with the power, and filled with the light of the Holy Spirit, as to be insensible of outward things, and wholly taken up...
IN THE SPIRIT; under his miraculous and prophetical influence. THE LORD'S DAY; the first day of the week, commemorating the Lord's resurrection, and observed as a day of divine worship, the Christian...
I WAS IN THE SPIRIT ON THE LORD'S DAY, AND HEARD BEHIND ME A GREAT VOICE, AS OF A TRUMPET,...
John's commission to write:...
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...
_ 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,_ A. IN THE SPIRIT - John was in tune with the Spirit of God. The message was being delivered but John...
9-11 It was the apostle's comfort that he did not suffer as an evil-doer, but for the testimony of Jesus, for bearing witness to Christ as the Immanuel, the Saviour; and the Spirit of glory and of Go...
I WAS IN THE SPIRIT; not only in spiritual employment, suppose meditation and prayer, but in an ecstasy; my soul was (as it were) separated from my body, and under the more than ordinary influence and...
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul There is the selfsame difference in respect of the soul's corporeality, which is (perhaps) invisible to the flesh, but perfectly visible to the spirit. Thus John, be...
Revelation 1:10 was G1096 (G5633) in G1722 Spirit G4151 on G1722 Lords G2960 Day G2250 and G2532 heard...
‘I was in Spirit on the Lord's day.' The phrase ‘in Spirit' refers in Revelation to the work of the Spirit in bringing John to a specific point or place so that he may receive a vision, moving backwar...
‘And I heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet, saying “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis...
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...
I WAS IN THE SPIRIT (εγενομην εν πνευματ). Rather, "I came to be (as in Revelation 1:9) in the Spirit," came into an ecstatic condition as in Acts 10:10; Acts 22:17, not the normal spiritual conditi...
Revelation 1:10 The Lord's Day. I. What is the meaning of the expression, "the Lord's Day"? Does it mean the day of judgment, and is St. John saying that in an ecstacy he beheld the last judgment of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I AM JOHN. He mentions himself for the third time. [The fourth and fifth times are in Revelation 21:2; Revelation 22:8.] I SHARE WITH YOU IN SUFFERING. All the church was being persecuted. KINGDOM. EN...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:10 IN THE SPIRIT. John was surrounded by the active presence of the Holy Spirit. THE LORD’S DAY. Sunday, the first day of the week, the day Christ rose....
"In the spirit." We cannot describe this psychological state other than to suppose that all the channels of his being were open toward God, ready for the reception of any divine communication. Had he...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 1:9. COMPANION.—As having a full share in the experience of those who confess and serve Christ. TRIBULATION.—The work of the threshing roller (_tribulum_). T...
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...
_10 I WAS IN THE SPIRIT ON THE LORD'S DAY, AND HEARD BEHIND ME A GREAT VOICE, AS OF A TRUMPET._ After giving us the purpose of the book and the greetings, John tells us that he was in the Spirit on th...
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...
1 Corinthians 16:2; 2 Corinthians 12:2; Acts 10:10; Acts 20:7;...
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....
I was in the Spirit — That is, in a trance, a prophetic vision; so overwhelmed with the power, and filled with the light, of the Holy Spirit, as to be insensible of outward things, and wholly taken up...