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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.”  
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Revelation 19:12

His eyes were as a flame of fire - See the notes on Revelation 1:14.

And on his head were many crowns - Many diadems, indicative of his universal reign. It is not said how these were worn or arranged on his head - perhaps the various diadems worn by kings were in some way wreathed into one.

And he had a name written - That is, probably on the frontlet of this compound diadem. Compare the notes on Revelation 13:1; Revelation 14:1.

That no man knew but he himself - See the notes on Revelation 2:17. This cannot here mean that no one could read the name, but the idea is, that no one but himself could fully understand its import. It involved a depth of meaning, and a degree of sacredness, and a relation to the Father, which he alone could apprehend in its true import. This is true of the name here designated - "the Word of God" - the "Logos" - ́ Logos ; and it is true of all the names which he bears. See Matthew 11:27. Compare a quotation from Dr. Buchanan in the Asiatic Researches, vol. 1, vi. p. 264, as quoted by Rosenmuller, Morgenland, in loco.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Revelation 19:12:

Revelation 1:13
Revelation 19:13
Revelation 19:13
Revelation 19:16

 

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