Revelation 1:1-14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:3

3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. Ver. 3. Blessed is he that readeth ] sc. With attention, affection, application, and practice; as knowing that this book hath tot sacramenta, quot verba, so many words, so many mysteries (Jerome epist, ad Paulin.); and that these words are vivenda non legenda, not more to be read than to be lived, as one said once of the 119th Psalm.... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:4

4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; Ver. 4. From him which is ] An august description of the Father by a manifest allusion to Exodus 3:14 . Some critic reading the words απο ο ων και ο ην as they lie in the original, would be apt to complain of an incongruity, and to say, Nove et duriter dictum. But God, methinks, should have leave given... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:5

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Ver. 5. And from Jesus Christ ] Who is here set last of the three persons, because more is to be said of him; both as touching his threefold office, and a threefold benefit therehence redounding unto us. That hath loved us ] See Ezekiel 16:6-9 . Christ, that heavenly pelican, revived his... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:6

6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Ver. 6. And hath made us kings ] To rule in righteousness, to lord it over our lusts, to triumph over and trample on all our spiritual adversaries, being more than conquerors through him that loved us, and laid down his life for us, that we might reign in life by one Jesus Christ,Romans 5:17; Romans 5:17 . And surely if (as Peter Martyr once wrote to Queen Elizabeth) kings are... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:7

7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. Ver. 7. Behold, he cometh ] He is already upon the way, and will be with us shortly. Let us hasten his coming, and say, as Sisera’s mother, Why are his chariots (his clouds) so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?Judges 5:28; Judges 5:28 . Shall wail ] Gr. κοψονται , shall smite their breasts or thighs; the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:8

8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Ver. 8. Which is, and which was ] The Father is called "He that is," Exodus 3:14 . The Son "He that was," John 1:1 . The Holy Ghost, "He that cometh," John 16:8-13 , as Aretius observeth. Or, by this periphrasis may be understood the indeterminable eternity of the Son of God. Much like whereunto both in sound and sense is that which the heathens ascribed to their... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:9

9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. Ver. 9. In the kingdom and patience ] Christ hath a twofold kingdom; 1. Of power; 2. Of patience. Nec nisi per angusta ad augusta, &c. I have no stronger argument against the pope’s kingdom, saith Luther, quam quod sine cruce regnat, than this, that he reigns without the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:10

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Ver. 10. I was in the Spirit ] Acted by him, and carried out of himself, as the demoniac is said to be in the unclean spirit, as being acted and agitated by him. See Trapp on " 2Pe 1:21 " On the Lord’s day ] The first day of the week, the Christian sabbath, Matthew 24:20 , called the Lord’s day, from Christ the author of it; as is likewise the Lord’s supper, and the Lord’s Church, kirk, κυριακη ,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:11

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. Ver. 11. Send it to the seven ] As all Holy Scripture, so this piece especially, may well be called, The Epistle of Almighty God to his creature. (Greg. Mag.) It is directed to these seven Churches, because then the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:12

12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; Ver. 12. And being turned I saw ] It is well observed here by a learned interpreter (Mr Brightman), that every godly endeavour doth receive some fruit greater than a man can hope for; John turned himself to behold the man, and behold (over and besides) seven candlesticks, which he had not the least suspicion of. Seven golden candlesticks ] Candlesticks the Churches are called, for the... read more

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