Revelation 1:9-10 KJV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 1:10-11

Revelation 1:10-11. I was in the Spirit That is, in a trance, a prophetic vision; so overwhelmed with the power, and filled with the light of the Holy Spirit, as to be insensible of outward things, and wholly taken up with spiritual and divine. What follows is one single, connected vision, which St. John saw in one day: and therefore he that would understand it should carry his thoughts straight on through the whole, without interruption. The other prophetic books are collections of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:9-20

2:1-3:22 LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHESApart from occasional minor variations, the seven letters follow the same pattern. They begin with a greeting from the risen Christ (whose titles are mostly taken from the vision described in 1:12-16), followed in turn by a statement of praise and/or criticism concerning the current state of the church, a warning, an instruction and a promise. Although each church received the particular message for itself, it would also hear the messages for the other... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 1:9

who also am. Omit. companion = partaker, as Romans 11:17 . Philippians 1:1 , Philippians 1:7 ; &c. tribulation = the tribulation. Here; Revelation 2:9 , Revelation 2:10 , Revelation 2:22 ; Revelation 7:14 . in the. The texts omit. kingdom and patience. With this "kingdom" the "tribulation" is specially connected. Figure of speech Hendiatris ( App-6 ). See Acts 14:22 . patience. Occurs seven times in Rev. Compare Luke 21:19 . 2 Thessalonians 3:5 . of. The texts read "in" (Greek. en)... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 1:10

Spirit. App-101 . See Revelation 4:2 ; Revelation 17:3 ; Revelation 21:10 . on = in (Greek. en) . the Lord's day = the day of the Lord (Isaiah 2:12 , &c), the Hebrew terms for which are equivalent to the Greek he kuriake hemera, the Lord's day. Occurances: 1 Thessalonians 5:2 . 2 Thessalonians 2:2 (with texts). 2 Peter 3:16 . Not our Sunday. trumpet. In O.T. connected with war and the day of the Lord. See Zephaniah 1:14-16 ; &c. This verse (10) is the key to understanding the book... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 1:9

THE GREAT INTRODUCTORY VISIONI John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.I John ... See introduction for comment on the authorship of Revelation. Although an apostle, and possibly the last surviving apostle, he here identified himself with his readers as their brother and a fellow-member of Christ's kingdom. All of the sacred writers hesitated to... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 1:10

I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.In the Spirit ... Not much is known of this state of being "in the Spirit"; but, evidently, all of the Scripture writers were in such a state when they received their divine revelation. Jesus said of David, "How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord?" (Matthew 22:43). Many speculations about this have yielded little or no valuable information.On the Lord's day ... This expression is found only here... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:9

Revelation 1:9. I John,— The apostle, in this and the subsequent verses, mentions the place where the Revelation was given, and describes the manner and circumstances of the first vision: the place was Patmos. Ecclesiastical history tells us, that St. John was here employed in digging in a mine, being banished hither by Domitian the emperor, after he had come unhurt out of a cauldron of boiling oil; but the historical evidence produced for this latter event is very uncertain. Bishop Newton is... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:10

Revelation 1:10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day,— That is, the day which we in general call Sunday; denominated the Lord's day, in memory of his resurrection from the dead. That the primitive Christians set this day apart for religious worship, appears both from St. Paul's Epistles, and from Justin Martyr's Apology, Ignatius, Tertullian, &c. It should be observed, that this Revelation was given on the Lord's day, when the apostle's heart and affections, as we may reasonably suppose,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 1:9

9. I John—So "I Daniel" (Daniel 7:28; Daniel 9:2; Daniel 10:2). One of the many features of resemblance between the Old Testament and the New Testament apocalyptic seers. No other Scripture writer uses the phrase. also—as well as being an apostle. The oldest manuscripts omit "also." In his Gospel and Epistles he makes no mention of his name, though describing himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved." Here, with similar humility, though naming himself, he does not mention his apostleship.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 1:10

10. I was—Greek, "I came to be"; "I became." in the Spirit—in a state of ecstasy; the outer world being shut out, and the inner and higher life or spirit being taken full possession of by God's Spirit, so that an immediate connection with the invisible world is established. While the prophet "speaks" in the Spirit, the apocalyptic seer is in the Spirit in his whole person. The spirit only (that which connects us with God and the invisible world) is active, or rather recipient, in the... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 1:10-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:9-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 1:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 1:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 1:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 1:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 1:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 1:10

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