Qǐshìlù 19:16

16 Zaì tā yīfu hé dàtuǐ shàng , yǒumíng xiĕ zhe shuō , wàn wáng zhī wáng , wàn zhǔ zhī zhǔ .

Qǐshìlù 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.

Qǐshìlù 19:16 In-Context

14 Zaì tiān shàng de zhòng jūn , qí zhe bái mǎ , chuān zhe xì má yī , yòu bái yòu jié , gēnsuí tā .

15 Yǒu lì jiàn cóng tā kǒu zhōng chūlai , kĕyǐ jī shā liè guó . tā bì yòng tiĕ zhàng xiá guǎn tāmen . ( xiá guǎn yuánwén zuò mù ) bìng yào chuaì quánnéng shén liè nù de jiǔ zhà .

16 Zaì tā yīfu hé dàtuǐ shàng , yǒumíng xiĕ zhe shuō , wàn wáng zhī wáng , wàn zhǔ zhī zhǔ .

17 Wǒ yòu kànjian yī wèi tiānshǐ zhàn zaì rìtou zhōng , xiàng tiānkōng suǒ fēi de niǎo , dàshēng hǎn zhe shuō , nǐmen jùjí lái fù shén de dà yánxí .

18 Kĕyǐ chī jūnwáng yǔ jiāng jūn de ròu , zhuàngshì yǔ mǎ hé qí mǎ zhĕ de ròu , bìng yīqiè zì zhǔ de wéi nú de , yǐjí dà xiǎorén mín de ròu .