John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:19
Write the things which thou hast seen ,.... The Alexandrian copy and some others, and the Complutensian edition, read, "write therefore the things", &c.; meaning what he had now seen, the vision of one like to the son of man, amidst the golden candlesticks, with seven stars in his right hand, and as above described; this was what he had seen Revelation 1:12 ; for it does not refer to what he had seen of Christ in the days of his flesh, but to what he had now seen in this representation... read more
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