A. D. 96. d See on Gal. iv. ver. 26. REV. III. 12-18. A. D. 96. thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy * See on John xx. ver. 17. clause 5. soul loathed Zion? why hast thou VER. 13. Ὁ ἔχων οὖς, ἀκουσάτω τί τὸ Πνεῦμα λέγει ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις. a He that that an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. a See on Matt. xi. ver. 15. VER. 14. Καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς ἐκκλησίας Λαοδικέων γράψον Τάδε λέγει ὁ ̓Αμὴν, ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστὸς καὶ ἀληθινὸς, ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς κτίσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ. smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good ; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! Jer. xiv. 19. Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another, Zech. xi. 8, 9. And unto the angel of the church of * the Laodiceans write, These things saith a the Amen, the faithful and true witness, c the beginning of the creation of God; * Or, in Laodicea. a That he who blesseth himself in the earth, shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes, Isa. lxv. 16. For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us, 2 Cor. i. 20. b See on chap.i. ver. 5. clause 1. c See on Col. i. ver. 15. clause 3. VER. 15. a See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 12. clause 2. See on Matt. vi. ver. 24. clause 1. VER. 16. VER. 17. Οτι λέγεις. Ὅτι πλούσιός είμι, καὶ οὐκ οἶδα ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ ταλαίπωρος, καὶ ἐλεπεπλούτηκα, καὶ οὐδενὸς χρείαν ἔχω· καὶ εινὸς, καὶ πτωχὸς, καὶ τυφλὸς, καὶ γυμνός· a Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, und poor, and blind, and naked: a And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin, Hos. xii. 8. Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not, Zech. xi. 5. And he spake a parable unto rich man brought forth plentifully. them, saying, The ground of a certain And he thought within himself, say Οἶδά σου τὰ ἔργα, ὅτι οὔτε ψυχρὸς εἶ οὔτε ζεστός· ὄφελον ψυχρός εἴης, ἡ ζεστός. I know thy works, that thou art nei-ing, What shall I do, because I have ther cold nor hot: I would thou wert no room where to bestow my fruits? cold or hot. And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool! this night whose shall those things be, which thy soul shall be required of thee: then thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God, Luke xii. 1621. Οὕτως ὅτι χλιαρὸς εἶ, καὶ οὔτε ψυχρὸς οὔτε ζεστός, μέλλω σε ἐμέσαι ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, a I will spue thee out of my mouth. a Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen; and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent, chap. ii. 5. Hast VOL. III. VER. 18. Συμβουλεύω σοι ἀγοράσαι παρ' ἐμοῦ χρυσίον πεπυρωμένον ἐκ πυρὸς, ἵνα πλουτή της· καὶ ἱμάτια λευκὰ, ἵνα περιβάλῃ, καὶ 2 H A. D. 96. REV. III. 18-21, A. D. 96. μὴ φανερωθῇ ἡ αἰσχύνη τῆς γυμνότη | have approved yourselves to be clear τός σου· καὶ πολλούριον ἔγχρισον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου, ἵνα βλέπης. - See on Matt. xiii. ver. 44. clause 2, and xxv. ver. 9. clause 2. b Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 1 Cor. iii. 12, 13. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. i. 7. See on Luke xii. ver. 21. clause 2. d See on ver. 4. clause 1. * Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame, chap. xvi. 15. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man, Isa. xlvii. 3. Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear, Jer. xiii. 26. Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame, Nah. iii. 5. VER. 19. Ἐγὼ ὅσους ἐὰν φιλῶ, ἐλέγχω καὶ παι δεύω· ζήλωσον οὖν, καὶ μετανόησον. * As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: bbe zealous therefore, and repent. a See on 1 Cor. xi. ver. 32. For behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye in this matter, 2 Cor. vii. 11. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you, Gal. iv. 18. See on Matt. iii. ver. 2. clause 1. VER. 20. Ἰδοὺ, ἕστηκα ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν, καὶ κρούσ ἐάν τις ἀκούσῃ τῆς φωνῆς μου, καὶ ἀνοίξῃ τὴν θύραν, εἰσελεύσομαι πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ δειπνήσω μετ ̓ αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸς μετ ̓ ἐμοῦ. a Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: bif any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. a I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night, Cant. v.2. And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately, Luke xii. 36. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him (not Iscariot), Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him, John xiv. 21-23. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God, chap. xix. 9. Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready, Luke xiv. 16, 17. VER. 21. Ὁ νικῶν, δώσω αὐτῷ καθίσαι μετ' iμo v To Opóv μou, we nḍyà kvinnoa, καὶ ἐκάθισα μετὰ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐν τῷ Spóva avrov. A. D. 96. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them, chap. xx. 11. In the year LORD sitting upon a throne, high and that king Uzziah died I saw also the lifted up, and his train filled the temple, Isa. vi 1. And above the firmament that was over their heads was the of a sapphire-stone : and upon the likelikeness of a throne, as the appearance ness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it, Ezek.i. 26. Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire-stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, x. 1. A. D. 96. REV. III. 21, 22.-IV. 1-3. a To him that overcometh will ↳ I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. a See on Matt. x. ver. 22. clause 3. b See on Matt. xix. ver. 28. clause 3. See on Matt. xxii. ver. 44. clause 1, and Mark xvi. ver. 19. clause 3. VER. 22. Ὁ ἔχων οἷς, ἀκουσάτω τί τὸ Πνεῦμα λέγει ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις. a He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. a See on Matt. xi. ver. 15. CHAP. IV.-VER. 1. Μετὰ ταῦτα εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ θύρα ἠνεωνμένη ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἡ πρώτη ἣν ἤκουσα ὡς σάλπιγγος λαλούσης μετ ̓ ἐμοῦ, λέγουσα· Ανάβα ὧδε, καὶ δείξω σοι ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι μετὰ ταῦτα. a After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven; band the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. a Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God, Ezek. i. 1. b I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, chap. i. 10. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them, chap. xi. 12. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John, chap. i. 1. VER. 2. Καὶ εὐθέως ἐγενόμην ἐν Πνεύματι· καὶ ἰδοὺ, θρόνος ἔκειτο ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου καθήμενος. a And immediately I was in the Spirit: and, behold, ba throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. See on chap, i. ver. 10. clause 1. c And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, chap. ix. 10. And the four beasts, fell down and worshipped God and twenty elders, and the four Alleluia, xix. 4. And there shall be no that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him, xxii. 3. I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire, Dan. vii. 9. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God, Mark xvi. 19. Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, Heb. viii.1. VER. S. Καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἦν ὅμοιος ὁράσει λίθω ἰάσπιδι, καὶ σαρδίνῳ· καὶ τρις κυκλόθεν του θρόνου ὅμοιος ὁράσει σμαραγδίνω, And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine-stone: and there was ba rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even a jasper-stone, clear as crystal, chap. xxi. 11. And they saw the God of Israel: and there was un der his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness, Exod. xxiv. 10. And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it; from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about, Ezek. i. 27. b And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire, chap. x. 1. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud. 1 will remember my covenant which is between me and you, and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood And A. D. 96. throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, ver. 10. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints, v. 8. And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever, 14. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, vii. 11. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, xi. 16. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. xix. 4. b See on chap. iii. ver. 4. clause 1. c See on 1 Cor. ix. ver. 25. VER. 5. Καὶ ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου ἐκπορεύονται ἄστρα παὶ καὶ βρονταὶ καὶ φωναί· καὶ ἑπτὰ λαμπάδες πυρὸς καιόμεναι ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θρόνου, αἵ εἰσι τὰ ἑπτὰ πνεύματα τοῦ Θεοῦ. to destroy all flesh. And the bow | shall be in the cloud, and I will look | upon it, that I may remember the | everlasting covenant between God a And out of the throne proceeded and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth, Gen. ix. 12-lightnings and thunderings and voices: 16. As the appearance of the bow and there were b seven lamps of fire that is in the cloud in the day of rain, burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake, Ezek. i. 28. a The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the a And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake, chap. viii. 5. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail, xi. 19. And the se venth angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great, xvi. 17,18. A. D. 96. REV. IV. 5-8. And it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled, Exod. xix. 16. And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off, xx. 18. At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed: hail-stones and coals of fire. The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail-stones and coals of fire. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings and discomfited them, Psal. xviii. 12-14. b And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuff-dishes, of pure gold, Exod. xxxvii. 23. See on chap. i. ver. 4. clause 4. VER. 6. Καὶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου θάλασσα ὑαλίνη, ὁμοία κρυστάλλων καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ θρόνου καὶ κύκλῳ τοῦ θρόνου τέσσαρα ζώα γέμοντα ὀφθαλμῶν ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ὄπισθεν. a And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, b were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. a And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire; and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God, chap. xv. 2. And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the looking-glasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, Exod. xxxviii. 8. b See ver. 4. clause 1. See ver. 8. As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four, Ezek. i. 18. And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had, x. 12. 1 VER. 7. A. D. 96. Καὶ τὸ ζῶον τὸ πρῶτον ὅμοιον λέοντι, καὶ τὸ δεύτερον ζῶον ὅμοιον μόσχῳ, καὶ τὸ τρίτον ζῶον ἔχον τὸ πρόσωπον ὡς ἀνθρώπος, καὶ τὸ τέταρτον ζῶον ὅμοιον ἀετῷ πετωv. a And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. the likeness of four living creatures. a Also out of the midst thereof came And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; straight feet; and the sole of their and they sparkled like the colour of hands of a man under their wings on burnished brass. And they had the their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side: they four also had the face of an eagle, Ezek. i. 5—10. And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle, x. 14. VER. 8. Καὶ τέσσαρα ζῶα, ἓν καθ ̓ ἑαυτὸ, εἶχον ἀνὰ πτέρυγας ἓξ κυκλόθεν, καὶ ἔσωθεν γέμοντα ὀφθαλμῶν· καὶ ἀνάπαυσιν οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς, λέγοντα· “Aγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ, ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος. And the four beasts had each of them a six wings about him; band they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. * Gr. have no rest. a Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain be covered his feet, and with twain he |
