Revelation 1:1-14 KJV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:7

St. John being to speak of the various afflictions of the church of God, which should immediately begin, and hold on during the whole time that Rome should continue heathen, and one thousand two hundred and sixty years after, during the whole reign of the beasts, prepareth Christians for it, by calling them by the eye of faith to see (though at a great distance) Christ coming to judgment, whom he speaks of as already coming, according to the usual style of prophets, who use to speak of those... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:8

Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet, as Aleph and Tau are in the Hebrew alphabet: the meaning of these is expounded, the beginning and the ending; he who was before all, and shall continue to exist when all creatures shall cease to be; the first and the last, as the same terms are expounded, Revelation 22:13; so Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 43:13. Which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty: see Revelation 1:4; He addeth the Almighty, to show that he was... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:9

I John, who also am your brother; the same mentioned Revelation 1:4, the apostle of Jesus Christ, yet he disdaineth not to call those his brethren whom his Lord so called. And companion in tribulation: the pagan persecutions were now begun. Nero first began them about twenty-three years after Christ was ascended into heaven, but he died within three years’ time after he had began that course. Then the Christians had some rest for twelve years, by reason of the short reigns of Galba, Otho, and... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:10

I was in the Spirit; not only in spiritual employment, suppose meditation and prayer, but in an ecstasy; my soul was (as it were) separated from my body, and under the more than ordinary influence and communications of the Spirit, as Acts 10:10; Acts 11:5; Acts 16:9; Acts 18:9. On the Lord’s day; upon the Christian sabbath, called the Lord’s day, ( as the eucharist, or breaking of bread, is called the Lord’s supper, 1 Corinthians 11:20), because Christ instituted it; or, because the end of its... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:11

I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last; I, who speak unto thee, am the eternal, immutable God. What thou seest, write in a book; what thou shalt presently see, write in a book, not in loose papers. Whence we may observe, that this book is not only the revelation of the will of Christ, but written by his direction. And send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; not to all that lived within the jurisdiction or compass of these cities, but only to those Christians who lived in or... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:12

And I turned to see the voice that spake with me; that is, to see the person whose voice I heard speaking to me: or else, by seeing is meant understanding; but that he might have done without turning; he therefore turned, hoping to see the person that spake. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks: by these seven candlesticks which he saw, are meant the seven churches; so we find it infallibly expounded, Revelation 1:20. We shall find in this book frequent allusions to the Jewish... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:13

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks; that is, of the churches, resembled by the golden candlesticks. One like unto the Son of man: we say, no like is the same; but Christ, who was the Son of man, and who ordinarily calls himself so throughout the gospel, is undoubtedly here meant, as appeareth by Revelation 1:17,Revelation 1:18, which description can agree to him alone. He is said to have come in the likeness of sinful flesh, though he came in true human flesh; and Philippians 2:7, he... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:14

His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow: whiteness signifies purity; whiteness of hair signifies old age ordinarily, which commonly is attended with more prudence, as having most experience: hence this appearance of Christ may denote both his purity and wisdom, and that he is the Ancient of days; see Daniel 7:9,Daniel 7:13,Daniel 7:22; though there the term of Ancient of days belongs to God the Father, yet it also agreeth to Christ, who is equal with the Father, as to his... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 1:1-3

THE REVELATION OF THE LIVING CHRISTCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESRevelation 1:1. The revelation of Jesus Christ.—This may mean, “belonging to, or proceeding from, Jesus Christ,” or it may be the revelation concerning Jesus Christ; i.e., the partial unfolding of what He, as the living one, is doing, and will do, with His Church in the world. The mystery which has to be unfolded is this: for what purpose is the redeemed Church left in the world, and made subject to the varied influences of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 1:4-7

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESRevelation 1:4. Churches.—Or congregations. Asia.—The single province, not the whole Asia Minor. It may have been the province in which St. John had chiefly laboured. The Seven Churches are taken as types of the varieties in the churches which make up together the one Church. Seven is the perfect number. Him which is, etc.—God Himself. Note how jealously apostles guard against the possibility of being so interested in Christ as to lose the sense of God. Christ... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:9

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:10

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:11

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:12

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:13

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:14

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 1:1-3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 1:4-7

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