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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Happy man that thus in reverent worship hears God speaking to him in answer to his voice to God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. 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. I was in...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I, John, who also am your brother,.... Here begins the narrative of the visions and prophecies of this book, the former verses containing a general preface to the whole; and this, and the two following verses, are the introduction to the first vision, which John saw; who describes himself by his name, "I John", the evangelist and apostle, a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I John, who also am your brother, How sweetly this sounds. This is a man that has seen and heard God. This is a man who is full of visions, who has beheld the broken seals and the poured out vials; the man that is familiar with the infinite. “I, John, who also am your brother.” Rev_1:9. And companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day,.... Not on the Jewish sabbath, which was now abolished, nor was that ever called the Lord's day, and had John meant that, he would have said on the sabbath day; much less the Jewish passover, but the first day of the week is designed; so the Ethiopic version renders it "on the first day"; and is so called...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: What evidence we have here of the divinity of Christ, for we shall see, as we read on, that it is Christ that is speaking here; and just now it was the Father which in much the same words said, “I am...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last,.... These characters, which are repeated here, [See comments on Revelation 1:8]; are left out in the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions; but are very fitly retained, to point out the person that speaks; to express his dignity, deity,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. It is so natural in us to want to see the place from which the voice proceeds.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me,.... The Complutensian edition reads, "and there I turned": and so the Arabic version; that is, to see who it was that spoke, from whom the voice came, and by whom it was uttered; see Exodus 20:18; and being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; which represented the seven churches, Revelation...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks. And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, — It was the very same Son of man, but John could only say” like unto the Son of man,” — like unto the One whom he had known long before, and whom he had loved with undying affection, — like him, but, oh! how unlike him,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the son of man,.... By whom is meant not an angel, for he speaks of himself as a divine Person, as the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, phrases not applicable to any created beings; and of himself also as having been dead, which angels are not capable of, and of living again, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow,.... In allusion to the white head and hairs of old men, said to be hoary, or like the hoar frost, and compared to an almond tree in bloom, Ecclesiastes 12:5; and here to wool and snow for whiteness; see Ezekiel 27:18; and according to the Jews (p), צמר לבן, "white wool", is the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace,.... By which is meant, not his human nature in a suffering state; or his people, the meaner and lower parts of his mystical body, in a like state; or his apostles and ministers, who are supporters of his church, and run to and fro with spiritual knowledge, for which, though they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. Seas lashed to tempests, cataracts leaping from their stupendous heights —such was the voice of Christ.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he had in his right hand seven stars,.... The angels or pastors of the seven churches, Revelation 1:20. The ministers of the Gospel are compared to stars, because of their efficient cause, God, who has made them, and fixed them in their proper place, and for his glory; and because of the matter of them, being the same with the heavens, so...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he had in his right hand seven stars: And out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword: For his word is a killing thing. Rev_1:16. And his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. What magnificent figures put together! We are well prepared to find that John could not long endure this majestic representation of the Lord.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when I saw him,.... The glorious person here described, who was just behind him, and of whom he had a full view, being so near him: I fell at his feet as dead; through consternation and fear, the sight was so amazing and terrible; the appearance of a divine person in any degree of majesty and glory, has had some considerable effect upon men,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when I saw him. I fell at his feet as dead. Oh! how the “I” dies when Christ is manifested! How we sink! And yet our joys shall rise unutterably, immeasurably high. I fell at his feet as dead. Rev_1:17. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: There is where your comfort comes from — not from...