Revelation 1:20

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 1:13-20

Revelation 1:13-20In the midst of the seven candlesticks One like unto the Son of Man The Son of Man amid the candlesticksI.His wonderful position. “In the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.”1. This implies His presence with His people (Exodus 33:14-15; Psalms 132:13-14; Isaiah 43:1-2). He is in the midst of the golden candlesticks as the great High Priest, trimming, preparing, and lighting the lamps.2. The symbol supposes communion and fellowship; He walks in the midst of the golden... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 1:17-20

Revelation 1:17-20I fell at His feet as dead.ReverenceI. Every age has its moral as well as its social and political tastes; and reverence is not one of the most popular virtues of the present day. Many a man who would be anxious to be considered brave, or truthful, or even patient and benevolent, would not be altogether pleased to hear himself described as a reverent man. Reverence he imagines to be the temper of mind which readily crouches down to the falsehood which it dares not confront;... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 1:19-20

Revelation 1:19-20Write the things which thou hast seen.Christ enjoining the record of His revelation to man and explaining its meaningThese words suggest two general remarks concerning Christ.I. He requires men to record the revelations He makes to them.1. Those which had been experienced.2. Those things which were now present.3. Those which were approaching. Now these three classes of things John had to write down. Whatever man has seen, or will see of the Divine, he is bound to... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:20

20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. Ver. 20. The mystery ] In this whole book there are so many words, so many mysteries, which made Cajetan forbear to comment upon it; a though many monks (far less able than he) thought it a goodly thing to be meddling in these mysteries, which they as little... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 1:20

mystery: Matthew 13:11, Luke 8:10 the seven stars: Revelation 1:13, Revelation 1:16 the seven golden: Revelation 1:12 The seven stars: Revelation 2:1, Revelation 2:8, Revelation 2:12, Revelation 2:18, Revelation 3:1, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 3:14, Malachi 2:7 and the: Zechariah 4:2, Matthew 5:15, Matthew 5:16, Philippians 2:15, Philippians 2:16, 1 Timothy 3:14-Nehemiah : Reciprocal: Exodus 25:31 - a candlestick Exodus 25:37 - seven Exodus 37:23 - General Exodus 40:24 - General... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 1:20

The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.Write first the mystery - The mysterious meaning of the seven stars - St. John knew better than we do, in how many respects these stars were a proper emblem of those angels: how nearly they resembled each other, and how far they differed in magnitude, brightness, aa&... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 1:20

20. The mystery The symbolical import; which is its hidden meaning, and is a mystery until made clear. The word is an independent nominative, having no verb; and the sentence reads like a heading over the explanations of the next sentence. Are… angels Without the article in the Greek. What the angels are, is the problem of this verse. But, 1) We may exclude their symbolizing symbolical angels, (such as the angel over fire, Revelation 14:18; of the waters, Revelation 16:5,) for the... read more