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Revelation 15:2
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Prelude to the Bowl Judgments

1 Then aI saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: bseven angels having the seven last plagues, cfor in them the wrath of God is complete.  
2 And I saw something like aa sea of glass bmingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, cover his image and over his mark and over the dnumber of his name, standing on the sea of glass, ehaving harps of God.  
3 They sing athe song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the bLamb, saying:
c“Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
dJust and true are Your ways,
O King of the1 saints! 
4 aWho shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are bholy.
For call nations shall come and worship before You,
For Your judgments have been manifested.”  
5 After these things I looked, and1 behold, athe temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.  
6 And out of the1 temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, aclothed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.  
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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Revelation 15:2

As it were a glassy sea (wv qalassan ualinhn). Accusative case after eidon and wv here, not in Revelation 4:6, which see for the symbol.

Mingled with fire (memigmenhn puri). Perfect passive participle of mignumi, to mix, and the associative instrumental case puri. This item not in Revelation 4:6 (a vision of peace), but here it adds to the splendour of the vision. This parenthesis (Revelation 15:2-4) gives a picture of the martyrs in their state of bliss.

Them that come off victorious (touv nikwntav). Present active articular participle of nikaw, accusative after eidon, "those that come off victorious" (Revelation 14:4).

From the beast and from his image (ek tou qhriou kai ek thv eikonov autou). This use of ek after nikaw is unusual, also with ek tou ariqmou. For these items see Revelation 13:1, Revelation 13:14, Revelation 13:17; Revelation 14:9, Revelation 14:11; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:4.

By the glassy sea (epi thn qalassan thn ualinhn). Or "upon" more likely (Revelation 4:6) with the accusative as in Matthew 14:25 ff.

Harps of God (kiqarav tou qeou). Objective genitive, for the worship of God (Revelation 5:8; Revelation 14:2; I Chronicles 16:42).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 15:2:

Revelation 2:7
Revelation 4:6
Revelation 7:1
Revelation 13:14
Revelation 15:2
Revelation 16:13

 

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