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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. He was not only brought to the posture of reverence, but he was so overawed that he became unconscious. It is the same person upon whose breast John had leaned his head, yet now he is represented as John had never seen him before. He was not so at the last supper; he was not so upon the cross; he was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he laid his right hand upon me. saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. This is the great consolation of the people of God when they are brought very low — that Jesus lives, that Jesus reigns, that Jesus still...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I [am] he that liveth,.... As the eternal God, who has life in himself, originally, essentially, and inderivatively, and is the fountain and author of life to others; and who ever lived as the Mediator and Redeemer, and still does, and ever will, yea, even when he was dead as man: and was dead; he died the death of the cross, for the sins of his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Write the things which thou hast seen, Come, lay aside thy fears. Thy fears disqualify thee from holding the pen. Thou hast scarcely dared to look. I am sure thou wilt not date to write until I strengthen thee.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Write the things which thou hast seen,.... The Alexandrian copy and some others, and the Complutensian edition, read, "write therefore the things", c. meaning what he had now seen, the vision of one like to the son of man, amidst the golden candlesticks, with seven stars in his right hand, and as above described this was what he had seen...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 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: The messengers, the ministers of the seven churches.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. Then he proceeds to explain what he meant, just after the manner of the Son of man who, when he pronounced a parable in public, opened it up...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; 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. This exposition...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand,.... The sense is, that John was to write the mystery of these stars, or the mystical sense of them: and the seven golden candlesticks; the mystery, or mysterious sense of them also; for the words are in a continued connection with Revelation 1:19, and have respect to the following...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. God bless our reading to our rich instruction.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. The Lord bless to us all the reading of this precious passage from his Word! Amen.