Revelation 14:14-20 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 14:14-20

14:14-20 And I saw and behold a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man. On his head he had a victor's crown of gold, and in his hand he had a sharp sickle. And another angel came forth from the temple, saying with a great voice to him who was seated on the cloud: "Put in your sickle, and begin to reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe and more than ripe." And he who was seated on the cloud put in his sickle upon the earth, and the... read more

John Gill

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

And I looked, and behold a white cloud ,.... In this verse is a description of the person principally concerned in the harvest of the earth, hereafter mentioned; by whom is designed not some great potentate or prince, an encourager of the Reformation among his subjects; nor an angel in an human shape; nor Martin Luther, as others; but the Lord Jesus Christ himself, who is described by his form, and by his seat, and by what he had on his head, and in his hand: and upon the cloud one sat... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:15

And another angel came out of the temple ,.... Not the Holy Spirit, who, being God omniscient, knows the day and hour of judgment, which is a secret to men and angels, as Napier thinks; since though he dwells in the church as his temple, yet is never called an angel; nor does this angel represent the souls under the altar, who come out from thence, and importunately desire vengeance on the inhabitants of the earth, the worshippers of the beast, who had shed their blood; but rather the mighty... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:16

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth ,.... He put forth, and made use of that power which he had in his hand, in answer to the entreaty of the angel, the time being fully come which was fixed for this great event: and the earth was reaped ; and the harvest of it was got in; reaping and harvest sometimes are used in an ill sense, and design the wrath of God, and his judgments inflicted upon men; see Isaiah 17:5 . Hence some think, that both this and the vintage... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:17

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven ,.... It is a strange conceit of Mr. Brightman's, that this angel is Thomas Lord Cromwell, in the days of King Henry the Eighth, a sincere favourer of pure religion; and that the following angel is Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, a martyr, that had power over fire; and that the vintage, here spoken of, refers to the destroying of religious houses, and disposing of abbey lands to other uses; which was done under the king's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:18

And another angel came out from the altar ,.... Where are the souls of the martyrs of Jesus, Revelation 6:9 and whom this angel is thought by some to represent, in his address to him that had the sharp sickle, crying for vengeance on the wicked of the earth, who had shed their blood: the allusion seems to be to the altar of burnt offerings, where the sacrifices were slain, and on which they were burnt with fire; and which was an emblem of the strict justice of God, showing, that those... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:19

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth ,.... Before "upon the earth", when the harvest was gathered in, the wheat being on the earth, but not belonging to it; but here "into the earth", the vine being the vine of the earth, rooted in it, and natural to it: and gathered the vine of the earth ; the Arabic version reads, "of the whole earth"; in like manner as the tares in the parable are said to be gathered, and bound in bundles, and cast into the fire, which, as here, intends... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:20

And the winepress was trodden without the city ,.... The beloved city, the new Jerusalem, into which none of the wicked will enter, and without which are dogs, &c.; Revelation 20:9 . The allusion may be, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, to the olive presses, which were without the city of Jerusalem, from whence Gethsemane had its name, whither our Lord went, and where his sorrows began the night he was betrayed: hell is sometimes expressed by outer darkness, and said to be far off from heaven,... read more

Adam Clarke

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

A white cloud - It is supposed that, from this verse to the end of the chapter, the destruction of Rome is represented under the symbols of harvest and vintage; images very frequent among the ancient prophets, by which they represented the destruction and excision of nations. See Joel 3:12-14 ; Isaiah 17:5 ; Isaiah 63:1 ; and Matthew 13:37 . A golden crown - In token of victory and regal power. read more

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 14:14-20

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:20

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

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