Revelation 1:12-17 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:9-20

We have now come to that glorious vision which the apostle had of the Lord Jesus Christ, when he came to deliver this revelation to him, where observe, I. The account given of the person who was favoured with this vision. He describes himself, 1. By his present state and condition. He was the brother and companion of these churches in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Christ. He was, at their time, as the rest of true Christians were, a persecuted man, banished, and perhaps... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 1:12-13

1:12-13 And I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me; and, when I had turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and, in the midst of the lampstands, one like a son of man, clothed in a robe that reached to his feet, and girt about the breasts with a golden girdle. We now begin on the first of John's visions; and we shall see that his mind is so saturated with Scripture that element after element in the picture has an Old Testament background and counterpart. He says that he turned... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 1:14-18

1:14-18 His head and his hair were white, as white as wool, like snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet were like beaten brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice was as the voice of many waters; he had seven stars in his right hand; and out of his mouth there was coming a sharp two-edged sword; and his face was as the sun shining in its strength. And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. And he put his right hand on me and said: "Stop being... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 1:14-18

Let us look very briefly at each of the titles by which the Risen Lord is here called. His head and his hair were white, as white wool, like snow. This, taken from the description of the Ancient of Days in Daniel 7:9 , is symbolic of two things. (a) It stands for great age; and it speaks to us of the eternal existence of Jesus Christ. (b) It speaks to us of divine purity. The snow and the white wool are the emblems of stainless purity. "Though your sins are like scarlet," said Isaiah,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 1:14-18

There was coming forth from his mouth a sharp, two-edged sword. The sword referred to was not long and narrow like a fencer's blade; it was a short, tongue-shaped sword for close righting. Again the seer has gone here and there in the Old Testament for his picture. Isaiah says of God: "He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth" ( Isaiah 11:4 ); and of himself: "He made my mouth like a sharp sword" ( Isaiah 49:2 ). The symbolism tells us of the penetrating quality of the word... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:12

And I turned to see the voice that spake with me ,.... The Complutensian edition reads, "and there I turned": and so the Arabic version; that is, to see who it was that spoke, from whom the voice came, and by whom it was uttered; see Exodus 20:18 , and being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks ; which represented the seven churches, Revelation 1:20 ; in allusion to the seven lamps in the candlestick of the sanctuary, Exodus 25:37 ; compared to "candlesticks", for the use of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:13

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the son of man ,.... By whom is meant not an angel, for he speaks of himself as a divine Person, as the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, phrases not applicable to any created beings; and of himself also as having been dead, which angels are not capable of, and of living again, and of living for evermore, and having power over death and the grave, which no creature has; yea, he calls himself expressly the Son of God, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:14

His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow ,.... In allusion to the white head and hairs of old men, said to be hoary, or like the hoar frost, and compared to an almond tree in bloom, Ecclesiastes 12:5 ; and here to wool and snow for whiteness; see Ezekiel 27:18 ; and according to the Jews F16 T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 54. 1. Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Sabbat, c. 5. sect. 2. , צמר לבן , "white wool", is the wool of a lamb just born, about which a cloth... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:15

And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace ,.... By which is meant, not his human nature in a suffering state; or his people, the meaner and lower parts of his mystical body, in a like state; or his apostles and ministers, who are supporters of his church, and run to and fro with spiritual knowledge, for which, though they suffer much, are permanent and glorious; but either the power of Christ in bearing up and supporting his people, in the care and government and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:16

And he had in his right hand seven stars ,.... The angels or pastors of the seven churches, Revelation 1:20 . The ministers of the Gospel are compared to stars, because of their efficient cause, God, who has made them, and fixed them in their proper place, and for his glory; and because of the matter of them, being the same with the heavens, so ministers are of the same nature with the churches; and because of their form, light, which they receive from the sun, so preachers of the Gospel... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:9-20

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 1:12-13

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 1:14-18

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 1:14-18

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 1:14-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:16

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