A. D. 96. REV. VII. 10-14. A. D. 96. στολὰς τὰς λευκὰς, τίνες εἰσὶ, καὶ πόθεν λ0v; And one of a the elders answered, say a And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four-and-twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold, chap. iv. 4. b See ver, 9. glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake, cxv. 1. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no Saviour, Isa. xliii. 11. Verily, thou arting unto me, What are these which are a God that hidest thyself, O God of arrayed in white robes? and whence came Israel, the Saviour, xlv. 15. Truly in they? vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel, Jer. iii. 23. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD, Jon. ii. 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding. upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass, Zech. ix. 9. And all flesh shall see the salvation of God, Luke iii. 6. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, Eph. ii. 8. b See on chap. iv. ver. 2. clause 3. c See on John i. ver. 29. VER. 14. Καὶ εἴρηκα αὐτῷ· Κύριε, σὺ οίδας. Καὶ εἶπέ μοι· Οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐρχόμενοι ἐκ τῆς θλίψεως τῆς μεγάλης· καὶ ἔπλυνετ τὰς στολὰς αὑτῶν, καὶ ἐλεύκαναν στολὰς αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ ἀρνίου. And I said unto him, a Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, b These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. VER. 11. Καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄγγελοι ἑστήκεσαν κύκλῳ | τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων καὶ τῶν τεσσάρων ζώων, καὶ ἔπεσον ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν, καὶ προσε κύνησαν τῷ Θεῷ. And all the angels stood round about the throne, band about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, a See on chap. v. ver. 11. clauses 1,3. b And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, chap. xi. 16. VER. 12. a And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I an swered, Ο Lord Gon, thou knowest, Ezek. xxxvii. 3. b See on John xvi. ver. 33. clause 2. c Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, chap. i. 5. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool, Isa. i. 18. Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And caused thine iniquity to pass from unto him he said, Behold, I have thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by, Zech. iii. 3-5. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanΚαὶ ἀπεκρίθη εἰς ἐκ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ness, xiii. 1. After that he poureth λέγων μοι· Οὗτοι οἱ περιβεβλημένοι τὰς | water into a bason, and began to Λέγοντες· ̓Αμήν· ἡ εὐλογία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ ἡ σοφία καὶ ἡ εὐχαριστία καὶ ἡ τιμὴ καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ ἰσχὺς τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Αμήν. Saying, Amen : b Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. a See on Matt. vi. ver. 13. clause 4. b See on Rom. xi. ver. 36. clause 2. VER. 13. A. D. 96. REV. VII. 14-17. wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter and Peter said unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not, save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. So, after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet, John xiii. 5-14. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God, 1 Cor. vi. 11. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word; That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish, Eph. v. 26, 27. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile, for they are without fault before the throne of God, chap. xiv. 3-5. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God, xxi. 3. See also on John xii. ver. 26. clause 3. b See on 2 Cor. vi. ver. 16. clause 2. and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son VER. 15. Διὰ τοῦτό εἰσιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ λατρεύουσιν αὐτῷ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἐν τῷ ναῷ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, σκηνώσει ἐπ' αὐτούς. a Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: band he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. a And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no VOL. III. A. D. 96. VER. 16. Οὐ πεινάσουσιν ἔτι οὐδὲ διψήσουσιν ětí, oùdè μò mésy in' aùtoùs ô ñλios, oùdà πᾶν καῦμα· a They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. a See on Matt. v. ver. 6. clause 2. VER. 17. Ὅτι τὸ ἀρνίον τὸ ἀναμέσον τοῦ θρόνου ποιμανεῖ αὐτοὺς, καὶ ὁδηγήσει αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ ζώσας πηγὰς ὑδάτων· καὶ ἐξαλείψει ὁ Θεὸς πᾶν δάκρυον ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν. For a the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: c and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. a And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb, as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth, chap. v. 6. b The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake, Psal. xxiii. 1-3. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 21 : Surely goodness and mercy sball fol. thine everlasting light, and the days low me all the days of my life; and I of thy mourning shall be ended, k. will dwell in the house of the LORD 19, 20. for ever, 5, 6. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy CHAP. VIII.–VER. 1. house; and thou shalt make them Και ότε ήνοιξε την σφραγίδα την εβδοdrink of the river of thy pleasures, | μην, εγένετο σιγή εν τώ ουρανώ ως ημιώXxxvi. 8. And in this mountain shall fiey. the LORD of hosts make unto all peo- And when he had opened the seventh ple a feast of fat things, a feast of scal, there was silence in heaven about wines on the lees, of fat things full of the space of half an hour. marrow, of wines on the lees well refined, Isa. xxv. 6. He shall feed his VER. 2. flock like a shepherd; he shall gather Και είδαν τους επτά αγγέλους, οι ενώπιον the larmbs with his arm, and carry them | του Θεού εστήκασι και εδόθησαν αυτούς in bis bosom, and shall gently lead ittà cámiyyes. those that are with young, xl. 11. a And I saw the seven angels which That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in dark stood before God; band to them were ness, Shew yourselves : they shall given seven trumpets. feed in the ways, and their pastures a And the angel answering, said shall be in all high places. They shall unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the presence of God; and am sent to the heat nor sun smite them: for he speak unto thee, and to shew thee that hath mercy on them shall lead these glad tidings, Luke i. 19. them, even by the springs of water b See ver. 6–12. shall he guide them, xlix. 9, 10. And I will set up one Shepherd over them, VER. S. and he shall feed them, even my ser- Και άλλος άγγελος ήλθε, και έστάθη vant David; he shall feed them, and ii sò Juoiactúpiev, šxor huBaYatèn xihe shall be their shepherd, Ezek. ccīvo naà idéen zürã Suprémata mea, xxxiv. 23. ένα δώση ταϊς προσευχαϊς των αγίων πάν© And God shall wipe away all Tav, ésì trò duolarthglov tè xfurour Tò tears from their eyes ; and there shall évám 10% TOű Opóvou. be no more death, neither sorrow, nor And another angel came and stood at crying, neither shall there be any more a the altar, b having u golden censer ; and pain : for the former things are passed there was given unto him much incense, away, chap. xxi. 4. He will swallow c that he should offer it with the prayers up death in victory; and the Lord of all saints upon the golden altar which God will wipe away tears from off was before the throne. all faces; and the rebuke of his peo. • Or, add it to the prayers. ple shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it, a See on chap. vi. ver. 9. clause 1. Isa. xxv. 8. For the people shall b And he shall take a censer full of dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou burning coals of fire from off the altar shalt weep no more, xxx. 19. And the before the LORD, and his hands-full ransomed of the LORD shall return, of sweet incense beaten small, and and come to Zion with songs, and bring it within the vail. And he shall everlasting joy upon their heads: they put the incense upon the fire before shall obtain joy and gladness, and the Lord, that the cloud of the insorrow and sighing shall flee away, cense may cover the mercy-seat that xxxv. 10. The sun shall be no more is upon the testimony, that he die not, thy light by day; neither for bright- Lev. xvi. 12, 13. And Moses said ness shall the moon give light unto unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee fire therein from off the altar, and put an everlasting light, and thy God thy on incense, and go quickly unto the glory. Thy sun shall no more go congregation, and make an atonement down; neither shall thy moon with for them: for there is wrath gone out draw itself: for the LORD shall be from the Lord; the plague is begun , a A. D. 96. REV. VIII. 3–7. A. D. 96. Numb. Χνι. 46. For from the rising | σάλπιγγας, ήτοίμασαν εαυτούς ένα σαλof the sun, even unto the going down niowi. of the same, my name shall be great And the seven angels which had the among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my sound. seven trumpets prepared themselves to name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the hea VER. 7. then, saith the LORD of hosts, Mal. Και ο πρώτος άγγελος εσάλπισε, και i, 11. εγένετο χάλαζα και πύρ μεμιγμένα αιc And it came to pass, that while he pati, xal iban en eis tin giro xai tò rgiexecuted the priest's office before God | τον των δένδρων κατεκάη, και πώς χόρτος in the order of his course, According xAmpôs xatirán. to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to bum incense when he went followed hail and fire mingled with blood The first angel sounded, a and there into the temple of the Lord. And the "and they were cast upon the earth : Vand whole multitude of the people were the third part of trees was burnt up, and praying without at the time of incense, all green grass was burnt up. Luke i. 8–10. See also on Heb. vii. ver. 25. clause 4. a And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about VER. 4. the weight of a talent: and men blas? και ανέβη ο καπνός των θυμιαμάτων | phemed God because of the plague of ταϊς προσευχαϊς των αγίων, εκ χειρός τού | the hail; for the plague thereof was αγγέλου, ενώπιον του Θεού. exceeding great, chap. xvi. 21. And And the smoke of the incense, which Moses stretched forth his rod toward came with the prayers of the saints, as - and hail, and the fire ran along upon heaven; and the LORD sent thunder cended up before God out of the angel's the ground : and the LORD rained hand. hail upon the land of Egypt. So there VER. 5. was hail, and fire mingled with the Kai gianDev ė ayyedes sò dibawatèv, hail, very grievous, such as there was και εγέμισεν αυτόν εκ του συρός του θυ- none like it in all the land of Egypt clasingíov, xai Cansu siç tho gay xal since it became a nation. And the εγένοντο φωναι και φρονται και αστραπαί | hail smote throughout all the land of και σεισμός. Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote a And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it every herb of the field, and brake into the earth : 5 and there were voices, 25. And it came to pass, as they fled every tree of the field, Exod. xvi. 23and thunderings, and lightnings, and an from before Israel, and were in the earthquake. going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from a Then I looked, and, behold, in the heaven upon them unto Azekah, and firmament that was above the head of they died: they were more which died the cherubims there appeared over with bail-stones than they whom the them as it were a sapphire-stone, as children of Israel slew with the sword, the appearance of the likeness of a Josh. x. 11. Upon the wicked he shall throne. And he spake unto the man rain snares, fire and brimstone, and clothed with linen, and said, Go in an horrible tempest: this shall be the between the wheels, even under the portion of their cup, Psal. xi. 6. At cherub, and fill thine hand with the brightness that was before him his coals of fire from between the cheru- thick clouds passed; hail-stones and bims, and scatter them over the city. coals of fire. The Lord also thunAnd be went in in my sight, Ezek. X. dered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail-stones and coals b See on chap. iv. ver. 5. clause 1. of fire. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out VER. 6. lightnings, and discomfited them, Kai oi ixtà dygemel igortec Tàç ixtà xviii. 12-14. Behold, the Lord hath 2 1 2 * Or, upon. 1, 2. A. D. 96. REV. VIII. 7-10. a mighty and strong one, which, as a tempest of hail, and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand, Isa. xxviii. 2. Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire, xxix. 6. And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hail-stones, xxx. 50. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hail-stones, fire, and brimstone, Ezek. xxxviii. 22. b For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, Isa. ii. 12, 13. And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth, x. 17, 18. VER. 8. Καὶ ὁ δεύτερος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισε, καὶ ὡς ὄρος μέγα πυρὶ καιόμενον ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ τρίτον τῆς θaλάσσης, αἷμα, And the second angel sounded, and as it were a a great mountain b burning with fire was cast into the sea : c and the third part of the sea became blood; | * Behold, I am against thee, Ο destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain, Jer. li. 25. bThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it de A. D. 96. voured the great deep, and did eat up a part, Amos vii. 4. Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded: and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood, Exod. vii. 17—20. VER. 9. Καὶ ἀπέθανε τὸ τρίτον τῶν κτισμάτων τῶν ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, τὰ ἔχοντα ψυχάς καὶ τὸ τρίτον τῶν πλοίων διεφθάρη. a And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. a And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the wa ter of the river: and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt, Exod. vii. 21. VER. 10. Καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισε, καὶ ἔπει σεν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀστὴρ μέγας καιόμενος ὡς λαμπὰς, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ τρίτον τῶν ποταμῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς πηγὰς ὑδάτων, And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; a And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit, chap. ix. 1. How |
