Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
sat—Greek, "sitteth."
all things new—not recent, but changed from the old (Greek, "kaina," not "nea"). An earnest of this regeneration and transfiguration of nature is given already in the regenerate soul.
unto me—so Coptic and ANDREAS. But A, B, Vulgate, and Syriac omit.
true and faithful—so ANDREAS. But A, B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic transpose, "faithful and true" (literally, "genuine").
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Revelation 21:5:
Ecclesiastes 1:8
Isaiah 48:6
1 Corinthians 8:6
1 Timothy 1:15
Hebrews 4:9
Revelation 7:14
Revelation 19:7
Revelation 21:6
Revelation 22:6
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