Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
And there came unto me one of the seven angels ... - See the notes on Revelation 16:6-7. Why one of these angels was employed to make this communication is not stated. It may be that as they had been engaged in bringing destruction on the enemies of the church, and securing its final triumph, there was a propriety that that triumph should be announced by one of their number.
And talked with me - That is, in regard to what he was about to show me.
I will show thee the bride, the Lamb' s wife - I will show you what represents the redeemed church now to be received into permanent union with its Lord - as a bride about to be united to her husband. See the notes on ver. 2. Compare Revelation 19:7-8.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Revelation 21:9:
Psalms 45:13
Psalms 45:14
Isaiah 1:21
Isaiah 50:1
Isaiah 54:1
Isaiah 62:4
Hosea 2:19
Matthew 25:1
John 3:29
Romans 7:4
2 Corinthians 11:2
Ephesians 5:27
Revelation 5:8
Revelation 12:2
Revelation 15:1
Revelation 17:1
Revelation 21:15
Revelation 22:6
Revelation 22:17
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