Revelation 7:13 NKJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:13-17

The eternal blessedness. The vision is yet heightened. A further brightness overspreads the scene, The comfort of hope is yet expanded. Arrested by one of the elders, the seer lowlily refrains from declaring who constitute the triumphant host, and receives the consoling assurance that they are from the fields of earthly suffering, toil, and danger. They are now exalted far above all worldly power. The final blessedness of the righteous is— I. BLESSEDNESS FOR WHICH THEY ARE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:13-17

The human population in heaven (No. 2). "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?" etc. Here is an illustration of three facts in connection with the human population in heaven. I. THEIR EARTHLY LIFE WAS MARKED BY GREAT TRIAL . "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? [these which are arrayed in the white robes, who are they?] and whence... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 7:13

And one of the elders - See the notes on Revelation 4:4. That is, as there understood, one of the representatives of the church before the throne.Answered - The word “answer,” with us, means “to reply to something which has been said.” In the Bible, however, the word is not infrequently used in the beginning of a speech, where nothing has been said - as if it were a reply to something that might be said on the subject; or to something that is passing through the mind of another; or to something... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 7:13-17

Revelation 7:13-17. And one of the elders, &c. What is here related, to Revelation 7:17, might have immediately followed the tenth verse; but that the praise of the angels, which was given at the same time with that of the great multitude, came in between: answered That is, he answered St. John’s desire to know, not to any words the apostle spoke. Or, in order to give him a more exact information concerning the persons who were clothed in the white robes of purity, honour, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:1-17

Interval before the seventh seal (7:1-17)God gives John two additional visions before he reveals the vision of the final seal. He wants to reassure his people that he does not forget them during the difficult days when an ungodly world is preparing itself for judgment. God does not allow the winds of judgment to blow across the earth without thought for his people’s security. He knows those who are his and marks them out for his special protection (7:1-3; cf. Ezekiel 9:4-6). The repetition of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 7:13

answered = masked. Figure of speech Idioma. App-6 . What = Who. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 7:13

And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, These that are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and whence came they?One of the elders ... This was one of the four and twenty elders mentioned in Revelation 4:4.These in white robes ... With such an appearance, these could hardly have been unrecognized by John as the saved of earth; but he did not offer his own opinion on the question, as evidenced in the next verse. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 7:13

Revelation 7:13. What are these which are arrayed, &c.— "Who, think you, are these excellent persons that appear so gloriously apparelled with glittering spotless robes; and from what condition, and how is it that they attained to all this glory?" read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 7:13

13. answered—namely, to my thoughts; spoke, asking the question which might have been expected to arise in John's mind from what has gone before. One of the twenty-four elders, representing the Old and New Testament ministry, appropriately acts as interpreter of this vision of the glorified Church. What, &c.—Greek order, "These which are arrayed in white robes, WHO are they?" read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 7:9-17

2. The salvation of the great multitude 7:9-17There are a number of significant contrasts between the 144,000 and this great multitude that argue for two different groups even though some scholars have considered the two groups as one viewed from different perspectives. [Note: E.g., Beale, p. 424.] The number of the first group is not only smaller but definite whereas the number of the second group is larger and indefinite. People from the 12 tribes of Israel make up the first group, but people... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:13-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:13-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 7:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 7:13-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:1-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 7:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 7:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 7:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 7:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 7:9-17

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