Revelation 14:13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 14:13-20

Here we have the vision of the harvest and vintage, introduced with a solemn preface. Observe, I. The preface, Rev. 14:13. Here note, 1. Whence this prophecy about the harvest came: it came down from heaven, and not from men, and therefore it is of certain truth and great authority. 2. How it was to be preserved and published?by writing; it was to be a matter of record, that the people of God might have recourse to it for their support and comfort upon all occasions. 3. What it principally... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 14:13

14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying: "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they are blessed, because they rest from their labours, for their deeds follow with them." After the terrible prophecies of the terrors to come and the terrible warnings to those who are false, there comes the gracious promise. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord--the idea of dying in the Lord occurs more than once in the New Testament. Paul speaks of the dead... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven ,.... Like that which was heard at Christ's baptism and transfiguration, certifying the truth of what follows, so that that may be depended upon as an undoubted verity: saying unto me, write ; which is a further confirmation of the following sayings being true and faithful; see Revelation 1:9 blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth ; merely to die is not an happiness, for death is common to all, good and bad; it is a disunion of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 14:13

I heard a voice from heaven - As the information now to be given was of the utmost importance, it is solemnly communicated by a voice from heaven; and the apostle is commanded to write or record what is said. Blessed are the dead - Happy are they. They are happy in two respects: They do not see the evil that shall come upon the world, and are exempted from any farther sufferings. They actually and conscientiously enjoy happiness in a state of blessedness. In the first sense, Happy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me. It seems most natural to suppose that the voice is that of the angel who directs the visions of St. John (cf. Revelation 1:1 ; Revelation 4:1 ; Revelation 19:9 , Revelation 19:10 ), but there is no certainty in the matter. Omit "unto me." with א , A, B, C, P, and others. Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth. "Henceforth" should probably stand thus, and not in connection with the following sentence. We... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:13

A voice from heaven: the blessed dead. However deep the gloom in which the description of the future struggles of the Church may plunge us, the Holy Ghost never suffers it to be indefinitely prolonged. We have stood with wondering awe amid the deep recesses of a glacier, and, as if lest the chill should be too severe and the gloom too intense, many a chink overhead let in a light and a glow that revealed wondrous glory above. Even so, as we stand in the midst of the threatening conflicts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:13

The blessed dead. "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth." By such word as this it is that Christ "hath abolished death." True, it is at the side of the open grave and over our dead that we read them, so that the stern, hard fact of death is still with us, and often well nigh crushing our hearts with its load of sorrow. Death yet reigns. But his sovereignty is shorn of its worst power, since words like these felt... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:13

The blessedness of the departed faithful. If the threatenings of judgment upon the worshippers of the false are motives to patience and fidelity, how much more is the promise of a blessed reward! Between these two the tried and persecuted Christian disciple is hedged in. This blessedness is The reward is Here is the encouragement to read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:13

Heaven's description of the satiated dead. "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." Here is a voice from heaven. Voices from earth are plentiful—they load our air and din our ears. We have voices from the markets and voices from the Parliament, voices from the Church and voices from the college, voices on every subject and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven - A voice that seemed to speak from heaven.Saying unto me, Write - Make a record of this truth. We may suppose that John was engaged in making a record of what he saw in vision; he was now instructed to make a record of what he heard. This passage may be referred to as a proof that he wrote this book while in Patmos, or as the heavenly disclosures were made to him, and not afterward from memory.Blessed are the dead - That is, the condition of those who die in the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 14:13-20

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 14:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 14:13

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