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After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. Heaven opened Chap. Rev 4:1-9 1. I looked ] Better, I … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 4:1”

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. He that hath an ear … – See the notes on Rev 2:7. This closes the epistolary part of this book, and the visions properly commence with the next chapter. Two remarks may be made in the conclusion of this … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 3:22”

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 21. To him that overcometh ] The construction is as in Rev 2:26, Rev 3:12, “He that overcometh, I will give him.” For the sense, compare … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 3:21”

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 20. I stand at the door, and knock ] The Lord expresses His affection, from which He has intimated that the Laodiceans … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 3:20”

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 19. As many as I love, I rebuke ] The pronoun “I” stands emphatically at the beginning of the sentence as it were, “My way with those I love (the word is a strong one, expressing affection, not simply charity), is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 3:19”

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see. 18. I counsel thee ] “There is deep irony … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 3:18”

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 17. I am rich, and increased with goods ] The words in the original are cognate, as it were, “I am rich, and have gotten … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 3:17”

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. 16. because thou art lukewarm ] The image is of course taken from the tendency of lukewarm water to excite vomiting. It is intended to be an offensive one, interfering with the self-satisfied refinement to which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 3:16”

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 15. neither cold nor hot ] Neither untouched by spiritual life, dead and cold, as an unregenerate heathen would be, nor “fervent (lit. boiling a cognate word to that here used) in spirit” (Rom 12:11). We might … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 3:15”

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; The Church in Laodicea. 14 22 14. the Amen ] See the last note on Rev 1:7. Here the name is used, (i) because this is the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 3:14”