Revelation 19:19-20

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 19:19

And I saw the beast - notes on Revelation 13:1, Revelation 13:11. Compare Revelation 17:13.And the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together - There is allusion here to the same assembling of hostile forces which is described in Revelation 16:13-14, for the great decisive battle that is to determine the destiny of the world - the question whether the Messiah or antichrist shall reign. There can be no doubt that the writer in these passages designed to refer to the same events -... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 19:20

And the beast was taken - That is, was taken alive, to be thrown into the lake of fire. The hosts were slain Revelation 19:21, but the leaders were made prisoners of war. The general idea is, that these armies were overcome, and that the Messiah was victorious; but there is a propriety in the representation here that the leaders - the authors of the war should be taken captive, and reserved for severer punishment than death on the battlefield would be - for they had stirred up their hosts, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 19:17-19

Revelation 19:17-19. And I saw an angel standing in the sun And therefore conspicuous to all; and he cried with a loud voice to all the fowls of heaven To intimate the slaughter and desolation which were soon to come upon the enemies of the church; saying, Come, gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God To the great feast which his vengeance will soon provide; a strongly figurative expression, taken from Ezekiel 39:17, denoting the vastness of the ensuing slaughter. And... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 19:20-21

Revelation 19:20-21. And The issue was such as might be expected: Christ and his saints obtained a full and entire victory; a victory as complete as when the generals and all the chief officers of an enemy’s army are made prisoners of war, and the rest are cut to pieces in the field of battle. For the beast The idolatrous persecuting power represented thereby; and the false prophet, that wrought miracles before him That, by pretended miracles and false doctrine, had supported the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:11-21

19:11-20:15 THE TRIUMPH OF GODUp till now the visions have mainly been concerned with the power of evil and the sufferings of believers. Persecuted Christians have been encouraged to endure their trials by the assurance that God is still in control. He guards his people, allowing the wicked to exercise their power only within the limits that he has set according to his eternal plan. Leaving behind the subject of the power of evil in the world, the visions now move on to their climax. They... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 19:19

gathered together. Greek. sunago, as Revelation 19:17 . war. The texts add "the". See Revelation 16:14 . against = with. Greek. meta. App-104 . That sat = Who sitteth. on. App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 19:20

taken = arrested. In Acts 12:4 and 2 Corinthians 11:32 , "apprehend". See the use of the verb in John 7:30 ; John 10:39 . false prophet. See Revelation 16:13 with Revelation 20:10 . Wrought = did. Greek. poieo. Same as "make", Revelation 19:19 . miracles = the signs. App-176 . deceived. App-128 . worshipped. App-137 . cast, &c. Compare Daniel 7:11 . a = the. brimstone. Greek. theion. See Revelation 9:17 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 19:19

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army.I saw the beast ... kings ... armies ... These are the same. This is the scarlet sea-beast of the seven heads and ten horns (Revelation 13:1). Note the mention of "the kings"; these are the "ten kings" (Revelation 17:11-17) who hate and burn the harlot (the seventh head of the beast), becoming themselves the eighth head; but this phase of the... read more

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