The scene before us can also be interpreted in a different way which splits the participants between both a heavenly and an earthly location. Such an ...
They sang ??????? [adousin] , present tense, they are singing. Isaiah indicated that the ransomed (redeemed , below) would return to Zion with singin...
an angel flying through the midst of heaven The MT and NU texts have eagle (????? [aetou] ) instead of angel (??????? [angelou] ). If an eagle rather ...
NUMENIUS nu-me'-ni-us (Noumenios): The son of Antiochus, and Antipater were the two ambassadors whom Jonathan sent to the Romans, to the Spartans, an...
This commentary utilizes the New King James Version (NKJV) English text based upon the Greek Textus Receptus (TR) which stands in the line of the Maj...
he cast him into the bottomless pit Having unlocked the abyss, the angel casts Satan into it. The picture is of all authority being with the angel an...
Evidence in favor of the heavenly Zion is as follows:1 If the 144,000 are the ones singing the new song (Rev. Rev. 14:3+), they are said to be ?bef...
be watchful A present tense imperative participle (????? ??????? [ginou gr?gr?n] ) : ?you be continually watching!? The command to the church at Sardi...
the wall of the city had twelve foundations The foundations are adorned with precious stones (Rev. Rev. 21:19+). See commentary on Revelation 21:19. ...
Anathema [B] [H] [S]anything laid up or suspended; hence anything laid up in a temple or set apart as sacred. In this sense the form of the word is a...
in their mouth Scripture implicates the mouth as the organ which speaks forth the heart: ?Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things...
He who overcomes shall inherit all things He who overcomes is ? ????? [ho nik?n] , by now familiar: the overcomer. The promises to the Seven Churches...
a loud voice from heaven The NU text has from the throne. A loud voice from heaven told John not to write what the seven thunders uttered (Rev. Rev. ...
FORWARD; FORWARDNESS for'-werd for'-werd-nes (hale'ah, naca`; spoudaios): As an adverb forward has the meaning of onward in space or time, or in the ...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Israel [B] [E] [H] [S]A name given to Jacob Genesis 32:24-32 ; 2?Kings 17:34 ; Hosea 12:3 Hosea 12:4 A name of the Messiah in prophecy Isaiah ...
Blessed are those who do His commandments Those who do is ?? ????????? [hoi poiountes] , present tense participle: the ones continually doing. The NU...
He had a little book The book is a ??????????? [biblaridion] , little book, rather than a ??????? [biblion] , book.1 This book is differentiated from ...
another angel The most recent individual angel we encountered was the seventh angel who sounded his trumpet in Revelation Rev. 11:15+. Another angel ...
Chapter 11:1? Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, a...