Apocalypse 19:16

16 Il avait sur son vêtement et sur sa cuisse un nom écrit: Roi des rois et Seigneur des seigneurs.

Apocalypse 19:16 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 19:16

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,
&c.] This name, afterwards expressed, is said to be written on his vesture, in allusion to the custom of persons of note and eminence having their names interwoven in their garments, and which was sometimes done in letters of gold, as Zeuxis had ^F20; and it is expressive of the conspicuousness of Christ's kingdom, which now will come with observation; his judgments, the administrations of his kingly office, will be manifest, and he will reign before his ancients gloriously: and its being said to be written on his thigh may mean either that it was upon that part of his garment which covered his thigh; or else that it was also on his sword, which he sometimes girt upon his thigh. Mr. Daubuz has given an instance out of Victor Vitensis, of Clementianus, a monk, who had written on his thigh,

``"a manichee" disciple of Jesus Christ.''

And this being done in Africa, he supposes it to be a Phoenician custom continued. It may here denote the perpetuity of Christ's name, power, and dominion, which will continue to the latest posterity, ( Psalms 72:17 ) which spring from the thigh; and it may denote the subjection of his people to him, signified by the putting the hand under the thigh, ( Genesis 24:2 ) . And this name is

King of kings and Lord of lords;
which will well suit him now when he shall be openly King over all the earth; (See Gill on Revelation 17:14).

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 35. c. 9.

Apocalypse 19:16 In-Context

14 Les armées qui sont dans le ciel le suivaient sur des chevaux blancs, revêtues d'un fin lin, blanc, pur.

15 De sa bouche sortait une épée aiguë, pour frapper les nations; il les paîtra avec une verge de fer; et il foulera la lsge du vin de l'ardente colère du Dieu tout-puissant.

16 Il avait sur son vêtement et sur sa cuisse un nom écrit: Roi des rois et Seigneur des seigneurs.

17 Et je vis un ange qui se tenait dans le soleil. Et il cria d'une voix forte, disant à tous les oiseaux qui volaient par le milieu du ciel: Venez, rassemblez-vous pour le grand festin de Dieu,

18 afin de manger la chair des rois, la chair des chefs militaires, la chair des puissants, la chair des chevaux et de ceux qui les montent, la chair de tous, libres et esclaves, petits et grands.