Revelation 14:1-5 NIV

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

William Barclay

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

14:1 I saw, and behold the Lamb stood on Mount Sion, and there were with him one hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name, and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. John's next vision opens with the Lamb standing in triumph on Mount Sion and with him the one hundred and forty-four thousand of whom we read in Revelation 7:1-17 . They are marked with his name and with the name of his Father on their foreheads. We have already thought about the meaning of the marking... 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

John Gill

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

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb ,.... The Alexandrian copy, and some others, read "the Lamb"; the same that had been seen before in, the midst of the throne, Revelation 5:6 ; and all the Oriental versions have the same article also; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, for mention is made of his Father in a following clause; the King of Zion, where he is seen standing, and the Redeemer of his people, who are at large described; it is the same Lamb who is so often spoken of in this book... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:2

And I heard a voice from heaven ,.... The same with the voices heard in heaven upon the sounding of the seventh trumpet, Revelation 11:15 ; as the voice of many waters ; very loud, and uttered by a great multitude of people, signified by waters in this book, Revelation 17:15 ; the same with those that praise the Lord for the destruction of antichrist, and for the marriage of the Lamb, Revelation 19:1 ; and as the voice of a great thunder ; to which the Gospel may be compared... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:2

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

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

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

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