Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:21
With the sword of him that sat upon the horse - He who sat on the white horse is Christ; and his sword is his word - the unadulterated Gospel. read more
Revelation 19:17-21 Niv
Adam Clarke
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The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 19:1-21
The Eternal in the universe, and his Representative to man. "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people," etc. "Babylon" in this book I take as the symbol of moral evil on this earth, or, in other words, of all that is corrupt in human life. From its establishment on this globe, it has been "falling." It is "failing" now, and will continue to fall until its mighty mountain shall become a plain, and there will be found "no place" for it. In the preceding chapter the... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 19:11-21
"King of kings, and Lord of lords." In this paragraph we have a marvellously vivid sketch of a mighty conflict, in which the most high God, in the Person of his Son, goes forth to war and victory. Strange as it may seem to speak of God being engaged in a struggle, it is clear that what we call "good" is in the world with its legion forces, and that what is evil is also here. Both are at work. They are necessarily opposed. God must be on the side of good. Hence the war. Probably we have... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 19:11-21
The four names of Christ. There were three great enemies of Christ and his Church, each of which have been told of in the previous chapters of this book—the dragon, the first beast, and the second beast, or the false prophet. In the immediately foregoing chapters we have had told the destruction that came upon them that worshipped the beast. Generally upon them all by the outpouring of the seven vials; and then, more particularly, upon the city Babylon, which was the seat and centre of the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 19:11-21
The holy war. There now opens to our view another scene of warfare. It is brief, comprehensive, and decisive. It is a view of the heavenlies. The conflict is between the heavenly and the earthly powers. It is a "representation of the conquest of the kingdoms to Christ, which, like all his conquests, is accomplished by the power of the truth, wielded by a faithful Church, and rendered efficacious by the power of his Spirit." I. THE COMBATANTS ARE DISTINCTLY BROUGHT TO VIEW ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 19:17
And I saw an angel standing in the sun. That is, in mid heaven (as in Revelation 8:13 , etc.); in a place befitting his glory, and also whence he can appropriately issue his summons. And he cried with a loud voice. As is usual in all the heavenly utterances (see Revelation 5:2 , etc.). Saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven; the birds that fly in mid heaven (Revised Version) ( vide supra ) ; see Ezekiel 39:17 , et seq., for the origin of the imagery here... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 19:18
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great (cf. the description in Ezekiel 39:17 ). All men; that is, all the ungodly. Cf. the description of the same event at the conclusion of the seal judgments ( Revelation 6:15 ). The whole account indicates the widespread and complete nature of God's judgments, which none shall... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 19:19
And I saw the beast; viz. that described in Revelation 13:1 , typical of the hostile world power. And the kings of the earth, and their armies. The kings summoned by the unclean spirits of Revelation 16:13 , Revelation 16:14 , typical of the forces which the beast employs in his spiritual warfare with God. The armies are the adherents of the beast, described in Revelation 13:1-18 .—the ungodly, those who follow the world rather than God. Gathered together to make war against him... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image; that wrought the signs in his sight (Revised Version). Here we have described the destruction of the earthly manifestations of Satan's power; the means by which he seeks to achieve his purposes, and which we have interpreted as the hostile world power and self deception (see on Revelation 13:1-18 ... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and - the false prophet - See the notes on Revelation 17:8 , etc. That worshipped his image - The beast has been represented as the Latin empire; the image of the beast, the popes of Rome; and the false prophet, the papal clergy. Were cast alive into a lake of fire - Were discomfited when alive - in the zenith of their power, and destroyed with an utter destruction. read more