Revelation 14:17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 14:13-20

Here we have the vision of the harvest and vintage, introduced with a solemn preface. Observe, I. The preface, Rev. 14:13. Here note, 1. Whence this prophecy about the harvest came: it came down from heaven, and not from men, and therefore it is of certain truth and great authority. 2. How it was to be preserved and published?by writing; it was to be a matter of record, that the people of God might have recourse to it for their support and comfort upon all occasions. 3. What it principally... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 14:14-20

14:14-20 And I saw and behold a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man. On his head he had a victor's crown of gold, and in his hand he had a sharp sickle. And another angel came forth from the temple, saying with a great voice to him who was seated on the cloud: "Put in your sickle, and begin to reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe and more than ripe." And he who was seated on the cloud put in his sickle upon the earth, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:17

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven ,.... It is a strange conceit of Mr. Brightman's, that this angel is Thomas Lord Cromwell, in the days of King Henry the Eighth, a sincere favourer of pure religion; and that the following angel is Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, a martyr, that had power over fire; and that the vintage, here spoken of, refers to the destroying of religious houses, and disposing of abbey lands to other uses; which was done under the king's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:14-20

Harvest time. Any attempt to interpret the visions of this book as if they followed each other chronologically only, will inevitably fail. Sometimes, at any rate, the visions are such that they overleap the near future and glance forward to one far more remote. In fact, speaking generally, the order of them is far more moral than it is temporal, following not so much the order of years as the evolution of principles and the growth of souls. It certainly is so in the paragraph before us, in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:14-20

The harvest and the vintage. It is held by many that both these refer to the same fact of God's judgment against sin and sinners. And no doubt, at times, the "harvest," does mean such judgment (cf. Joel 3:13 ; Jeremiah 51:33 ). In Matthew 13:1-58 . both harvests—that of good and evil alike—are told of "Let both grow together until," etc. Still more commonly the figure stands for the people of God and their ingathering into his blessed presence. And we think that here, whilst there... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:14-20

Judgment again represented. In the spirit of the former words, and as a further confirmation of them, the process of judgment is again set forth under fresh images. So is consolation borne to the suffering and afflicted Church, and warning and admonition dealt out to the ungodly. Under the imagery of a harvest and of the gathering of the vintage, the certainties of the threatened judgment and the promised blessedness are set forth. The afflicted, down trodden, despised Church must here see... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:14-20

The moral seasons of humanity. "And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud One sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle," etc. There are three moral seasons implied in this section of the Apocalyptic vision. I. THE RIPENING SEASON . "And I looked [saw], and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud One sat like unto the [a] Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle" ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:17

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle; from the shrine, or sanctuary (as before, see on Revelation 14:15 ), the dwelling place of the undivided Trinity, from whence come God's judgments (Alford; cf. Revelation 11:19 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 14:17

And another angel - The fifth in order. This angel came for a different purpose - with reference to the cutting off of the enemies of God, represented by the gathering of a vintage. Compare Matthew 13:41; Matthew 24:31.Came out of the temple which is in heaven - Sent or commissioned by God. See the notes on Revelation 14:15.He also having a sharp sickle - On the word “sickle,” see the notes on Revelation 14:14. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 14:17-20

Revelation 14:17-20. And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven As the former had done; he also having a sharp sickle To assist in this execution, and finish the destruction of the enemies of the truth. And another angel, just at that instant, came out from the altar Of burnt-offering, from whence the martyrs had cried for vengeance. Which angel, it is said, had power over fire This, according to Daubuz, is spoken in allusion to the office of that priest who was... read more

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