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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Revelation 22 This chapter contains a further account of the above city, a confirmation of the visions of this book, and the conclusion of it. The city is further described by the river that ran by it, or through it, called a river of water of life, said to be pure and clear as crystal, and to have its rise from the throne of God and the Lamb; and by the tree of life in the midst...
John Gill
And he saith unto me,.... Not the angel, but Christ, as is manifest from Revelation 22:12. This clause is left out in the Ethiopic version. Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book; as the orders are, when things are intended not to be published, but concealed, at least as yet, because of the distance of the accomplishment of them, which was not the case here; see Revelation 10:4. Christ...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. A further description of the heavenly state of the church, ver. 1-5. II. A confirmation of this and all the other visions of this book, ver. 6-19. III. The conclusion, ver. 20, 21. The New Jerusalem. (a. d. 95.) 1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, Let him be holy still. If your character is not what it ought to be, you must not delay your appeal to him who alone can change it,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. There was no need to seal the prophecy, as though it only related to those who would live in distant ages: “The time is at hand.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. “There is no need to roll it up, and set a seal to it; as it is so soon to be fulfilled, leave it open.”