Vincent's Word Studies 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:
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, Power
Omit. Two witnesses The reader may profitably consult on this point the lectures of Professor Milligan on the Revelation of St. John. He maintains that the conception of the Apocalypse is powerfully molded by John's recollections of the life of Jesus; that there is a close parallelism between the Apocalypse and the delineation of the life of Christ contained in the fourth Gospel; and that the Apocalypse is, in the deeper conceptions which pervade it, a repetition of the Gospel. See pp. 59-69. They shall prophesy (προφητεύσουσιν) See on prophet, Luke 7:26. Commonly explained of preaching repentance, though some take it in the later sense of foretelling future events. Clothed in sackcloth The garb of preachers of repentance. Compare Isaiah 22:12; Jeremiah 4:8; Jonah 3:5; Matthew 3:4. For sackcloth see on Luke 10:13. And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. Two olive trees
See Zechariah 4:1-14. Candlesticks See Zechariah 4:1-14, and note on Matthew 10:15. The God Read κυρίου the Lord. Compare Zechariah 4:14. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. Fire proceedeth
Compare 2 Kings 1:10; Jeremiah 5:14. And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, To shut up the heaven
As Elijah, 1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17. That it rain not (ἵνα μὴ βρέχῃ ὑετὸς) Lit., that the rain may not wet. To turn them into blood Compare Exodus 7:19. To smite (πατάξαι) Used by John only in Revelation, here and Revelation 19:15. Compare Matthew 26:31; Mark 14:27; Luke 22:49, Luke 22:50; Acts 12:7, Acts 12:23. With all plagues (πάσῃ πληγῇ) Singular number. Rev., correctly, with every plague. See on Mark 3:10. Not merely with the plagues with which Moses smote Egypt. And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: The beast (θηρίον)
Wild beast. See on Revelation 4:6. A different word from that wrongly translated beast, Revelation 4:6, Revelation 4:7; Revelation 5:6, etc. Compare Revelation 13:1; Revelation 17:8, and see Daniel 7. Bottomless pit (ἀβύσσου) See on Revelation 9:1. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. Dead bodies (πτώματα)
Read πτῶμα carcass. See on Matthew 24:28; see on Mark 15:45. In the street (ἐπὶ τῆς πλατείας) Lit., "Upon the street." See on Luke 14:21. The great city Jerusalem is never called by this name. Different expositors refer it to Rome or Babylon. Milligan to Jerusalem. Spiritually (πνευματικῶς) Typically or allegorically. Compare 1 Corinthians 10:3, 1 Corinthians 10:4. Our Lord Read αὐτῶν their for ἡμῶν our. And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. Shall see (βλέψουσιν)
Read, βλέπουσιν do men look (Rev.), and see on John 1:29. Shall not suffer (οὐκ ἀφήσουσιν) Read ἀφίουσιν do not suffer. To be put in graves (τεθῆναι εἰς μνήματα) Read μνῆμα a tomb, as Rev. Compare Genesis 23:4; Isaiah 14:19, Isaiah 14:20. And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. Shall rejoice (χαροῦσιν)
Read χαίρουσιν, present tense, rejoice. Shall make merry (εὐφρανθήσονται) Read εὐφραίνονται, present tense, make merry; and for the word see note on fared sumptuously, Luke 16:19. Shall send gifts As on a day of festival. See Nehemiah 8:10, Nehemiah 8:12. Tormented (ἐβασάνισαν) See on vexed, 2 Peter 2:8, and see on Matthew 4:23, Matthew 4:24. And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. Spirit of life (πνεῦμα ζῶης)
Rev., breath. See on John 3:8. Entered into them Compare Ezekiel 37:1-10. Saw (θεωροῦντας) See on John 1:18. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]. Text Courtesy of Internet Sacred Texts Archive. Bible Apps.com |
