Revelation 14:3-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 14:1-5

Here we have one of the most pleasing sights that can be viewed in this world?the Lord Jesus Christ at the head of his faithful adherents and attendants. Here observe, 1. How Christ appears: as a Lamb standing upon mount Zion. Mount Zion is the gospel church. Christ is with his church and in the midst of her in all her troubles, and therefore she is not consumed. It is his presence that secures her perseverance; he appears as a Lamb, a true Lamb, the Lamb of God. A counterfeit lamb is... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 14:6-12

In this part of the chapter we have three angels or messengers sent from heaven to give notice of the fall of Babylon, and of those things that were antecedent and consequent to that great event. I. The first angel was sent on an errand antecedent to it, and that was to preach the everlasting gospel, Rev. 14:6, 7. Observe, 1. The gospel is an everlasting gospel; it is so in its nature, and it will be so in its consequences. Though all flesh be grass, the word of the Lord endureth for ever. 2.... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 14:2-3

14:2-3 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the voice of great thunder, and the voice I heard was like the sound of harpers playing on their harps. And they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders, and no one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased for God from the earth. This passage begins with a wonderful description of the voice of God.... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 14:4

14:4a These are they who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. We take this half verse by itself, for it is one of the most difficult sayings in the whole of the Revelation, and it is of the utmost importance to get its meaning clear. It describes the unsullied purity of those who are in the company of the Lamb, but in what does that purity consist? (i) Does it describe those who in sexual relationships have been pure? That can hardly be the case, for the people... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 14:4

14:4b-5 These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were bought from amongst men, a sacrifice to God and to the Lamb, and no falsehood was found in their mouth, for they are without blemish. The company of the Lamb are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. The simplest definition of a Christian is simply one who follows Jesus Christ. "Follow me!" Jesus said to Philip ( John 1:43 ), and to Matthew ( Mark 2:14 ). "Follow me!" he said to the rich young ruler ( Mark... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 14:6-7

14:6-7 And I saw another angel flying in the midst of the sky with an everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell upon the earth and to every race and tribe and tongue and people. And he was saying with a great voice: "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters." One of the signs which were to precede the end was that the gospel would be preached in all the world for a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:3

And they sung as it were a new song ,.... The song of redeeming grace; the same with that in Revelation 5:9 ; see the note there: this is to be understood of the 144,000, who sung it before the throne, and before the four beasts and the elders ; that is, publicly in the church, the ministers and members being present; of these; See Gill on Revelation 4:4 ; See Gill on Revelation 4:6 ; and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:4

These are they which were not defiled with women ,.... With the whore of Rome, and her harlots, she is the mother of; while the kings and inhabitants of the earth were drunk with the wine of their fornication, or committed idolatry with them, which is spiritual fornication, and is here meant by being defiled with them, these were free from such pollutions, or idolatrous practices: for they are virgins ; for their beauty and comeliness in Christ, chastity, sincerity of their love,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:5

And in their mouth was found no guile ,.... Or "a lie", as the Complutensian edition, the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions read; by which may be meant idolatry, for idols and idolatrous practices are often called lies, and lying vanities; see Jeremiah 16:19 ; and the sense is, that the superstition and idolatry of the church of Rome were not among them: or it may design false doctrine, and the meaning be, that they did not speak lies in hypocrisy, as the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:6

And I saw another angel ,.... This is to be understood not of one of the ministering spirits so called; for though wings are sometimes ascribed to angels, and Gabriel is said to fly swiftly; and though they desire to look into the mysteries of the everlasting Gospel, yet the preaching of that is not committed to any of them; but a minister of the Gospel is intended, who is the angel of the church, for in this book pastors of churches are so called, Revelation 1:20 ; and not a single... read more

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