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Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 22:1-21

Chapter 22And he shewed me a pure river ( Revelation 22:1 )You know it is going to be new, because these don't exist anymore here.of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. And in the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bore twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month ( Revelation 22:1-2 ):So, you have an interesting kind of a tree here. And of course, we have been fooling... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 22:1-21

Revelation 22:1 . He shewed me a pure river of water of life. From the city we go to the palace, where the vision opens on the rock of ages, the Elohim, seated on his throne. Thence flows the crystal river with a constant stream, never exhausted with drought, nor ever swollen and turbid with rain. It is pellucid as the clearest crystal, and he who drinks shall never die, for death and the curse are now no more. Revelation 22:2 . In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 22:16-21

Revelation 22:16-21I, Jesus, have sent Mine angel Our Lord’s angelWould our Lord I say this of any angel of the Lord, because” all things that the Father hath are His”?Or has our Lord, as man, an angel of His own in the same way that His saints have? St. Luke 22:43 seems as if He needed and had, in the days of His flesh, such angelic guardianship as is implied in St. Matthew 18:10; and this passage is at least consistent with the view that His angel appears in His form, as St. Peter’s was... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 22:18-19

Revelation 22:18-19If any man shall add unto these things.The Divine Word, and the doom of its defacersI. The perfection of God’s Word. Man may not intermeddle with it, either to add or to take away. Can man improve the works of God?--the mountains, rivers, flowers?--the blue sky, the stars, the sun? Even so is the Word of God too perfect for him to touch.II. The honour God puts on it. He has magnified it, even above His works; so that he who disparages the Word of God is more guilty than he... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 22:18

18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: Ver. 18. If any man shall add unto these things ] Either to this or to any of the foregoing books of Scripture, Deuteronomy 4:2 ; Proverbs 30:6 ; Galatians 3:15 ; 2 Timothy 3:16-17 . All which notwithstanding, the Jews have added their Deuteroseis, the Turks their Alfurta, the Papists their unwritten... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 22:18

testify: Revelation 22:16, Revelation 3:14, Ephesians 4:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:6 heareth: Revelation 1:3 If: Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 12:32, Proverbs 30:6, Matthew 15:6-1 Samuel :, Matthew 15:13 God: Revelation 14:10, Revelation 14:11, Revelation 15:1, Revelation 16:1, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:10, Revelation 20:15, Leviticus 26:18, Leviticus 26:24, Leviticus 26:25, Leviticus 26:28, Leviticus 26:37 Reciprocal: Exodus 9:14 - send all Nehemiah 13:15 - I testified Isaiah 28:22 - lest... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 22:18-19

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.I testify to every one, … — From the fulness of his heart, the apostle utters this testimony, this... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 22:18

18. For This word is pronounced spurious by the best authorities. I testify Who, here, testifies? The testifieth of Revelation 22:20 shows that it is Jesus. Add unto these things With purpose to corrupt the apostolic truth. The words refer not so much to additions to the text of the manuscript, as to the adding unholy falsehood to holy truth. God shall add unto him Remaining unrepentant. read more