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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:15

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword ,.... The Complutensian edition, and all the Oriental versions, with the Vulture Latin, read, "a sharp twoedged sword". The word of God, or the judiciary sentence of Christ according to it, and which he will fully execute, to the utter destruction of all his enemies; See Gill on Revelation 1:16 that with it he should smite the nations; the Gentiles, the Papists, the antichristian states, those that have adhered to Babylon, and have drunk of the wine... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:16

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written ,.... 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 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 35. c. 9. ; and it is expressive of the conspicuousness of Christ's kingdom, which now will come with observation; his judgments, the administrations of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:17

And I saw an angel standing in the sun ,.... By whom is meant, not the angel of the fourth vial, who poured it on the sun, taken in another sense than here, and therefore could not stand in it; nor the archangel with the last trumpet, for as yet the dead rise not, nor does the judgment come on; nor one of the ministering spirits; nor Christ himself, for he is the great God, to whose supper this angel invites, but a minister of the Gospel; or rather a set of Gospel ministers, such as in ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:18

That ye may eat the flesh of kings ,.... Of the earth, and of the whole world, who will fall in the battle at Armageddon; see Revelation 16:14 and design either those antichristian kings and states, which have drunk of the wine of Rome's fornication, and will bewail the downfall of Babylon, Revelation 18:3 or those Pagan kings which will be drawn in by the pope and Turk, to aid and assist in this war, or both, when, upon the defeat of them, the Christian princes will seize upon, possess,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:19

And l saw the beast ,.... Not the devil, for after this he is taken and bound for a thousand years, and then loosed, and laid hold on again, and cast into the lake of fire; not but that this war will be by his instigation, and under his influence, Revelation 16:14 not the Roman Pagan empire, which has been destroyed long ago, under the sixth seal, and was the issue of the battle between Michael and his angels, and the dragon and his; but the antichristian civil powers, or antichrist in his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:20

And the beast was taken ,.... At the first onset, as soon as ever the battle begun, and carried away captive, as it was threatened he should, Revelation 13:10 and this by Christ, who will destroy him with the breath of his mouth, and the brightness of his coming, 2 Thessalonians 2:8 . And with him the false prophet ; that is, the second beast in Revelation 13:11 as appears by the characters by which he is here described, or antichrist in his ecclesiastic capacity; that is, the pope... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:21

And the remnant were slain ,.... Not only the kings of the earth, and their armies, that will now be gathered together, but all the remains of Papists, Pagans, and Mahometans, in the several parts of the world, even all the enemies of Christ: these will be slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse ; upon the white horse, as the Ethiopic version reads; the Arabic version reads, that sat upon the throne, which sword proceedeth out of his mouth , Revelation 19:15 and is the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:11

A white horse - This is an exhibition of the triumph of Christ after the destruction of his enemies. The white horse is the emblem of this, and Faithful and True are characters of Christ. See Revelation 3:14 . In righteousness he doth judge and make war - The wars which he wages are from no principle of ambition, lust of power, or extension of conquest and dominion; they are righteous in their principle and in their object. And this is perhaps what no earthly potentate could ever say. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:12

His eyes were as a flame of fire - To denote the piercing and all-penetrating nature of his wisdom. On his head were many crowns - To denote the multitude of his conquests, and the extent of his dominion. A name written, that no man knew - This is a reference to what the rabbins call the shem hammephorash , or tetragrammaton, יהוה Yhvh ; or what we call Jehovah. This name the Jews never attempt to pronounce: when they meet with it in the Bible, they read אדני Adonai for it;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:13

He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood - To show that he was just come from recent slaughter. The description is taken from Isaiah 63:2 , Isaiah 63:3 , where Judas Maccabeus, or some other conqueror, is described. The Word of God - Written in the Targum, and in other Jewish writings, דיי מימרא meimera daiya , "the word of Jehovah;" by which they always mean a person, and not a word spoken. See the notes on John 1:1 , etc. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 19:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 19:13

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