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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 19:14

Armies mounted on horses will come with Christ."As the Lamb, Christ is followed by the saints (Revelation 17:14); as the heavenly Warrior, he is followed by the angels." [Note: Ladd, p. 255.] Angels will accompany Jesus Christ at His second coming (Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:30-31; Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; 2 Thessalonians 1:7), but it seems unlikely that they are the persons on horses. Rather these seem to be human beings (cf. Revelation 17:14; Revelation 21:2-7; Zechariah 14:5).... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:1-21

Christ and His Armies conquer the Beast and his ProphetThe harlot city having been destroyed, the marriage of the Lamb with the glorified Church is announced. But before this can take place, the other enemies of the Lamb must be overcome, and St. John sees in a vision the overthrow of the beast and of the false prophet.1-4. The great multitude of the saints in heaven (see on Revelation 1:10) praises God (Revelation 19:1) because the wicked city, which corrupted the earth, and shed the blood of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 19:11

(11) And I saw heaven opened . . .—Better, And I saw the heaven opened (not “opening,” but set open, already opened, as in Revelation 4:1), and behold a white horse, and (behold) one that sitteth upon him called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judgeth and warreth. The description reminds us of the opening of the first seal. Again we have the white horse, and the rider. That early vision of a conquering Christ had been first a hope and then a despair, as age after age interposed its... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 19:12-13

(12, 13) His eyes were as a flame . . .—Or, rather, And His eyes are (as) a flame of fire, and upon His head many diadems—(He) having names written, and a name written which no one knows but He Himself—and clothed in a vesture dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. On the description here and in Revelation 19:5, comp. Notes on Revelation 1:14-16. There is no doubt who is before us in this vision. These flame-like eyes have been fixed upon the moving scenes of human life, and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 19:14

(14) And the armies . . .—The words “which were” should be omitted. The armies in heaven followed Him. Some would limit these to angels. The apparel which they wear—the fine linen (byssus) “which is the righteousness of saints” (see Revelation 19:8)—is conclusive against this limited view. The saints who have fought the good fight here, and who loved not their lives unto the death, will share the triumph of their king. (Comp. also Revelation 17:14.) The horses upon which they are seated are... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 19:1-21

Revelation 19:2 The real force of demonstration for Girolamo Savonarola lay in his own burning indignation at the sight of wrong; in his fervent belief in an Unseen Justice that would put an end to the wrong, and in an Unseen Purity to which lying and uncleanness were an abomination. To his ardent, power-loving soul, believing in great ends, and longing to achieve those ends by the exertion of its own strong will, the faith in a supreme and righteous Ruler became one with the faith in a speedy... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:1-21

CHAPTER XV.THE PAUSE OF VICTORY AND JUDGMENT OF THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET.Revelation 19:1-21.THOSE who have followed with attention the course of this commentary can hardly fail to have ob served its leading conception of the book with which it deals. That conception is that the Revelation of St. John presents to us in visions the history of the Church moulded upon the history of her Lord whilst He tabernacled among men. It is the invariable lesson of the New Testament that Christ and His... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 19:1-21

CHAPTERS 19-20:6 The Manifestation of the King and the Millennium 1. Heavenly hallelujahs and the marriage of the Lamb (Revelation 19:1-6 ) 2. Heaven opened and His visible manifestation (Revelation 19:11-16 ) 3. The battle of Armageddon (Revelation 19:17-21 ) 4. The binding of Satan (Revelation 20:1-3 ) 5. The thousand-year reign (Revelation 20:4-6 ) Revelation 19:1-10 . Once more we find the significant phrase “after these things” (Revelation 4:1 ; Revelation 7:1 ; Revelation 18:1 ).... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 19:11

19:11 {12} And I saw {13} heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.(12) The second part of this chapter (as I said in) see Geneva "Revelation 19:1" is of the victory gained by Christ against both the beasts: in which first Christ is described as one ready to fight, to the sixteenth verse Revelation 19:12-16 , then the battle is shown to begin, there to the eighteenth verse Revelation... read more

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