Revelation 14:4 WEB

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:4

The greater salvation. " Firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb." From this and the many like expressions which are scattered over the New Testament, we gather that there is a salvation greater and less. For here it is said that these hundred and forty-four thousand are "firstfruits." Therefore we learn— I. WHAT THESE ARE NOT . 1 . They are not all the saved. The very word indicates that there is much more to follow. They are but the beginning. Nor: 2 . Are these... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 14:4

These are they - In this verse, and in the following verse, the writer states the leading characteristics of those who are saved. The general idea is, that they are chaste; that they are the followers of the Lamb; that they are redeemed from among people; and that they are without guile.Which were not defiled with women - Who were chaste. The word “defiled” here determines the meaning of the passage, as denoting that they were not guilty of illicit sexual intercourse with women. It is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 14:1-4

Revelation 14:1-4. I looked, and behold a Lamb The Lord Jesus, in the form of a lamb, or as the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world, and not only with horns like a lamb; stood on mount Sion Namely, the heavenly Sion; and with him a hundred forty and four thousand The same select number that was mentioned Revelation 7:4, the genuine followers of the twelve apostles, apostolically multiplied, and therefore the number of the church, as six hundred and sixty-six is the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:1-5

Song of the redeemed (14:1-5)In 7:1-8 God’s faithful people were seen on earth and in 7:9-17 in heaven. They are now seen with Christ in his kingdom. The reason why they alone can sing the new song is that only saved sinners can know the experience of redemption (14:1-3). Not only have they been cleansed by Christ, but they have kept themselves pure by not giving in to the temptations of the anti-God world. Like the first products of harvest, they belong specially to God (4-5; cf. Exodus 23:19). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 14:4

virgins. The reference is to the pollut i ons connected with the great religious system under antichrist in the coming days. from among. App-104 . men. App-123 . being. Read " to be ". firstfruits. See Romans 8:23 . unto = to. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 14:4

These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb. And in their mouth there was found no lie: they are without blemish.These are they that were not defiled with women ... More nonsense has been written about this than about anything else in Revelation, with the possible exception of Revelation 22:2! We shall start with Barclay:... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 14:1-5

Revelation 14:1-5. I looked, and, lo, a Lamb, &c.— After the account of the rise and reign of the beast (says Bishop Newton), the Spirit of prophesy delineates, by way of opposition, the state of the true church during the same period, its struggles and contests with the beast, and the judgment of God upon his enemies. Our Saviour is seen, Rev 14:1 as the true Lamb of God, not only with horns like a lamb, standing on mount Sion, the place of God's true worship, but with him an hundred forty... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 14:4

4. virgins—spiritually ( :-); in contrast to the apostate Church, Babylon ( :-), spiritually "a harlot" (Revelation 17:1-5; Isaiah 1:21; contrast 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:25-27). Their not being defiled with women means they were not led astray from Christian faithfulness by the tempters who jointly constitute the spiritual "harlot." follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth—in glory, being especially near His person; the fitting reward of their following Him so fully on earth.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 14:1-5

The triumph of the 144,000 14:1-5 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 14:4

Three occurrences of "these" (Gr. houtoi) in this verse identify the 144,000 as worthy of special honor. First, with women (emphatic in the Greek text) they had not been defiled because they were celibates (Gr. parthenoi, virgins). Should we understand this word literally or figuratively? Literally the text would mean that these males had no sexual relations with women."One of the special criteria for these slaves of God was that they have no intercourse with women. . . . So in the future Great... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 14:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 14:1-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:1-5

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 14:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 14:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 14:1-5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 14:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 14:1-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 14:4

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