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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 19:1-4

The fall of Babylon being fixed, finished, and declared to be irrecoverable in the foregoing chapter, this begins with a holy triumph over her, in pursuance of the order given forth: Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets,Rev. 18:20. They now gladly answer the call; and here you have, 1. The form of their thanksgiving, in that heavenly and most comprehensive word, Alleluia, praise you the Lord: with this they begin, with this they go on, and with this they end (Rev.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 19:5-10

The triumphant song being ended, and epithalamium, or marriage-song, begins, Rev. 19:6. Here observe, I. The concert of heavenly music. The chorus was large and loud, as the voice of many waters and of mighty thunderings. God is fearful in praises. There is no discord in heaven; the morning stars sing together; no jarring string, nor key untuned, but pure and perfect melody. II. The occasion of this song; and that is the reign and dominion of that omnipotent God who has redeemed his church by... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 19:3-5

19:3-5 And a second time they said: "Hallelujah! for the smoke from her rises for ever and ever." And the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped the God who is seated upon the throne. "Amen," they said, "Hallelujah!" And a voice came forth from the throne. "Praise our God," it said, "all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great." The angelic host sings a second Hallelujah. Their praise is that the smoke of Babylon rises for ever and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:3

And again they said, Alleluia ,.... Or a "second time" they said it; they began and ended their solemn worship and service with it; so some psalms begin and end with this word, translated in the Old Testament by the words "Praise ye the LORD", as in Psalm 106:1 &c.; and the repeating of the word shows how hearty, arnest, and constant they were in the work of praise on this account: and her smoke rose up for ever and ever ; they repeated their hallelujah, or gave one spiritual... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:4

And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts ,.... Mentioned in Revelation 4:4 and who represent the churches of Christ and ministers of the Gospel in the several periods of time, these join in the chorus, and praise the Lord on the account of the destruction of Rome, and ruin of antichrist; so they are often heard of in this book, when any remarkable thing is done, or when there is any breaking forth of the kingdom and glory of Christ; see Revelation 5:8 these fell down ; on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:5

And a voice came out of the throne ,.... Not from God the Father, that sat upon it, for the phrase, praise our God , could not be said by him with propriety and pertinence; but rather from Christ, the Lamb, in the midst of the throne, who as Mediator could say of him to his people, my God and your God, and my Father and your Father, John 20:17 though it seems best to understand it of the voice of one of the angels about the throne, since one of these is afterwards spoken of, whom John... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:3

Her smoke rose up - There was, and shall be, a continual evidence of God's judgments executed on this great whore or idolatrous city; nor shall it ever be restored. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:4

The four and twenty elders - The true Church of the Lord Jesus converted from among the Jews. See Revelation 4:10 ; Revelation 5:14 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:5

Praise our God, etc. - Let all, whether redeemed from among Jews or Gentiles, give glory to God. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 19:1-10

The triumph of the redeemed. When Handel wrote the "Hallelujah Chorus" he endeavoured, so he said, to picture to himself what the great gladness of the glorified must be. He rightly and reverently sought—and, it seems to us, sought not in vain—to imagine the whole scene as it is recorded here. And it is good for us to muse much on a scene like this. It is a veritable sursum corda for poor sin and sorrow laden men such as we are. It helps us to obey the word, "Be not weary nor faint in... read more

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