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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 22:18

If any man shall add - Shall give any other meaning to these prophecies, or any other application of them than God intends, he, though not originally intended, shall have the plagues threatened in this book for his portion. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 22:19

If any man shall take away - If any man shall lessen this meaning, curtail the sense, explain away the spirit and design, of these prophecies, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, etc. Thus Jesus Christ warns all those who consider this book to beware of indulging their own conjectures concerning it. I confess that this warning has its own powerful influence upon my mind, and has prevented me from indulging my own conjectures concerning its meaning, or of adopting the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 22:20

Surely I come quickly - This may be truly said to every person in every age; Jesus the Judge is at the door! Even so, come, Lord Jesus - The wish and desire of the suffering Church, and of all the followers of God, who are longing for the coming of his kingdom. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:17

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. These words are best understood as uttered by the writer. The Holy Spirit working in the Church, through whom she is bound to Christ as his bride, and the Church herself, eagerly welcome the fulfilment of Christ's promise made in Revelation 22:12 . (On "come," cf. Revelation 6:1 .) And let him that heareth say, Come. The Church in her corporate capacity welcomes her Lord; so, also, let each member in his individual capacity, who hears this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:17

Closing words of invitation: "Come." We have closed our exposition of the plan of the book, so far as its Apocalyptic unfoldings of scenes yet to come are concerned. But we should deem our work incomplete if we did not, ere we lay down our pen, indicate in outline four homiletic studies suggested by the last six verses of this chapter, giving us as they do, a closing invitation, a closing warning, a closing aspiration, and a final benediction. First in order of these four comes the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:17

The good will of God to man. It is all important, would we win men's hearts for God, that we represent him as having good will towards them. If we let men think of him as hard, unloving, indifferent, or unjust, not all the threatenings in the world will win them. Man can only love that which he conceives as lovable. Now, this well known and most precious verso renders great service in this direction. Were a man to pick it up from off the streets, he would gather this much at any rate, even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:17

God's mercy towards a soul thirsting world. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come," etc. Men's souls everywhere burn with a thirst for a good they have not. "Who will show us any good?" God has attended to the cry, and in doing so we discover his wonderful mercy— I. IN THE PROVISION lie HAS MADE FOR IT . "The water of life." 1 . The provision is exquisitely suitable. What can quench the thirst like water? What water is to the thirsty body, the gospel is to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:18

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book . Omit "for." The pronoun "I" is emphatic. Here is the solemn appendix or seal of the veracity of the book, somewhat similar to the prefatory words in Revelation 1:1-3 . This is the fulfilment of the duty laid upon St. John in Revelation 1:1 , not an announcement of our Lord himself (cf. the wording of Revelation 1:3 ). If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:18-19

Closing words of warning. It would be deemed an unpardonable offence for an ambassador to add words to, or to subtract them from, any royal mandate which he was commissioned to deliverse And if any one in dispensing a physician's prescription, when the life or death of a patient trembled in the balance, were wantonly to tamper with it, what condemnation could be too severe? Yet we fear that the tendency of many in our day is to treat a message in this book far more lightly than they would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:18-19

The possibility and penalty of a great crime. "I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man," etc. In these very remarkable words we have two things—the possibility and the penalty of a great crime. The great crime is adding to and taking from the Word. I. THE POSSIBILITY OF A GREAT CRIME . What is the possible crime so solemnly addressed to all who peruse this Apocalypse—this Apocalypse of unseen and eternal truths? 1 .... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 22:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 22:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 22:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:18-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 22:18-19

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