Color, Symbolic Meaning of Although the Bible contains relatively few references to individual colors, their symbolic associations are theologically s...
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...
LONGSUFFERING long-suf'-er-ing ('erekh 'appayim; makrothumia): The words 'erekh 'appayim, translated longsuffering, mean literally, long of nose (or ...
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. ...
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...
made us kings and priests In both NU and MT, the Greek has appointed us a kingdom (singular), priests to God. A similar difference occurs in Revelatio...
around about Multitudes surround God?s throne (1K. 1K. 22:19; Rev. Rev. 5:11+; Rev. 7:11+), but in concentric positions. Those closest to God appear ...
the angel of the waters The angel who had poured forth the third bowl in the previous verse.1 You are righteous, O Lord . . . because You have judge...
NEW; NEWNESS nu, nu'-nes (chadhash; kainos, neos): 1. In the Old Testament: The word commonly translated new in the Old Testament is chadhash, brigh...
Command, Commandment The term commandment in the Bible (mainly Heb. miswa [hw.xim]; Gk. entole [ejntolhv]) refers to orders or adjurations given by au...
There shall be no night there The NU text and some manuscripts in the line of the MT text omit there implying the general absence of darkness, whethe...
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...
I will cast A futurist use of the present tense, ????? [ball?] , the judgment is imminent as if it had already begun. sickbed Although ?????? [klin?n...
So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness It was the Holy Spirit Who carried John while the angel accompanied him. In the same way that...
They sang ??????? [adousin] , present tense, they are singing. Isaiah indicated that the ransomed (redeemed , below) would return to Zion with singin...
their dead bodies will lie in the street Lack of burial is particularly repugnant to the Jews. 1K. 14:11; 1K. 16:4; 2K. 2K. 9:37; Ps. Ps. 79:3; Jer. J...
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 ...
the Almighty ? ??????????? [ho pantokrat?r] , see commentary on Revelation 1:8. who is and who was and who is to come See commentary on Revelation 1:4...
Guide to Book AbbreviationThe following table lists (in alphabetical order) the names of each of the books of the Bible and it's corresponding shortes...
he said The TR text has the singular form, he said whereas the MT and NU texts have the plural form, they said. If the former, then the mighty angel w...