Verse 14
14. As (Revelation 1:16) his face was like the sun, so this sun bore a “corona” of hairs of dazzling whiteness.
White like wool But that is not quite white enough, and so as snow. The whiteness is not indicative of age, but, like the whiteness of the priest’s robe, of purity, and of that celestial lustre characterizing the whole figure. See note, Revelation 1:16.
Eyes… fire Fire, we are told, denotes wrath, and so these eyes denote flaming wrath for which there is no demand. How often does love find fire in the eyes of its object, and admiration find fire in the eye of genius. These are celestial eyes, beaming, burning, blazing with divine brilliancy; clairvoyant to look with omniscience into and through all visible things. In reality, however, the intensity and power of the eyes are simply in keeping with the supernatural splendour of the whole figure, stature, hair, and voice.
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