Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:13
He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood - To show that he was just come from recent slaughter. The description is taken from Isaiah 63:2 , Isaiah 63:3 , where Judas Maccabeus, or some other conqueror, is described. The Word of God - Written in the Targum, and in other Jewish writings, דיי מימרא meimera daiya , "the word of Jehovah;" by which they always mean a person, and not a word spoken. See the notes on John 1:1 , etc. read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:12
His eyes were as a flame of fire - To denote the piercing and all-penetrating nature of his wisdom. On his head were many crowns - To denote the multitude of his conquests, and the extent of his dominion. A name written, that no man knew - This is a reference to what the rabbins call the shem hammephorash , or tetragrammaton, יהוה Yhvh ; or what we call Jehovah. This name the Jews never attempt to pronounce: when they meet with it in the Bible, they read אדני Adonai for it;... read more