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10 And aI fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, b“See that you do not do that! I am your cfellow servant, and of your brethren dwho have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the etestimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”  

Christ on a White Horse

11 aNow I saw heaven opened, and behold, ba white horse. And He who sat on him was called cFaithful and True, and din righteousness He judges and makes war.  
12 aHis eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. bHe had a name written that no one knew except Himself.  
13 aHe was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called bThe Word of God.  
14 aAnd the armies in heaven, bclothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses.  
15 Now aout of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And bHe Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. cHe Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.  
16 And aHe has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: bKING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.  

The Beast and His Armies Defeated

17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, a“Come and gather together for the1 supper of the great God,  
18 athat you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people,1 free and slave, both small and great.”  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Revelation 19:12

Identifying Him with the Son of man similarly described, Revelation 1:14.

many crowns—Greek, "diadems": not merely (Greek, "stephanoi") garlands of victory, but royal crowns, as KING OF KINGS. Christ's diadem comprises all the diadems of the earth and of heavenly powers too. Contrast the papal tiara composed of three diadems. Compare also the little horn (Antichrist) that overcomes the three horns or kingdoms, Daniel 7:8, Daniel 7:24 (Quære, the Papacy? or some three kingdoms that succeed the papacy, which itself, as a temporal kingdom, was made up at first of three kingdoms, the exarchate of Ravenna, the kingdom of the Lombards, and the state of Rome, obtained by Pope Zachary and Stephen II from Pepin, the usurper of the French dominion). Also, the seven crowns (diadems) on the seven heads of the dragon (Revelation 12:3), and ten diadems on the ten heads of the beast. These usurpers claim the diadems which belong to Christ alone.

he had a name written—B and Syriac insert, "He had names written, and a name written," etc., meaning that the names of the dominion which each diadem indicated were written on them severally. But A, Vulgate, ORIGEN, and CYPRIAN omits the words, as English Version.

name . . . that no man knew but . . . himself— (Judges 13:18; I Corinthians 2:9, I Corinthians 2:11; I John 3:2). The same is said of the "new name" of believers. In this, as in all other respects, the disciple is made like his Lord. The Lord's own "new name" is to be theirs, and to be "in their foreheads"; whence we may infer that His as yet unknown name also is written on His forehead; as the high priest had "Holiness to the Lord" inscribed on the miter on his brow. John saw it as "written," but knew not its meaning. It is, therefore, a name which in all its glorious significancy can be only understood when the union of His saints with Him, and His and their joint triumph and reign, shall be perfectly manifested at the final consummation.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Revelation 19:12:

Song of Solomon 3:11
Isaiah 41:2
Isaiah 42:3
Isaiah 59:17
Isaiah 62:3
Ezekiel 1:26
Zechariah 6:11
1 Thessalonians 4:16
Hebrews 1:4
1 Peter 5:4
Revelation 1:14
Revelation 6:2
Revelation 12:3
Revelation 14:14
Revelation 15:1
Revelation 17:15
Revelation 19:16

 

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