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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 14:16

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth ,.... He put forth, and made use of that power which he had in his hand, in answer to the entreaty of the angel, the time being fully come which was fixed for this great event: and the earth was reaped ; and the harvest of it was got in; reaping and harvest sometimes are used in an ill sense, and design the wrath of God, and his judgments inflicted upon men; see Isaiah 17:5 . Hence some think, that both this and the vintage... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 14:16

The earth was reaped - The judgments were executed. But where, or on whom, who can tell? 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 14:16

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. "Cast his sickle;" not the same verb as that in Revelation 14:15 , but which, nevertheless, has the same signification (cf. the use of this verb in John 20:25 , John 20:27 ). There are two gatherings described in this place: On the whole, it seems probable that the first refers to the selection by Christ of the faithful at the end of the world, while the secured describes the ingathering of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 14:16

And he that sat on the cloud - The Saviour, Revelation 14:14.Thrust in his sickle on the earth - To cut down the harvest - that is, to gather his people to himself.And the earth was reaped - So far as the righteous were concerned. The end had come; the church was redeemed; the work contemplated was accomplished; and the results of the work of the Saviour were like a glorious harvest. read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 14:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:14-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:14-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:14-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:14-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 14:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 14:16

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