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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Revelation
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 232,308 words · 199 reading sections
Revelation 20:5
Revelation 20:5 Ver. 5. But the rest of the dead,.... Meaning not the dead saints, for they will be all raised together, but the wicked dead; and not them as morally or spiritually, but as corporeally dead: these lived not again until the thousand years were finished; so that there will be such an exact term of years…
1,140 wordsSECTION 182Revelation 20:6
Revelation 20:6 Ver. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection,.... This may be considered either as descriptive of the persons that shall partake of this privilege; as that they are only such who are blessed with spiritual blessings, with a justifying righteousness, with pardon of sin, and re…
6,170 wordsSECTION 183Revelation 21:1
Revelation 21:1 INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION 21. This chapter contains an account of the happy state of the church, consisting of all the elect, both Jews and Gentiles, which will take place upon the first resurrection, and will continue during the thousand years' reign mentioned in the preceding chapter. The seat of t…
2,173 wordsSECTION 184Revelation 21:2
Revelation 21:2 Ver. 2. And I John saw the holy city,.... The same with the beloved city in Re 20:9 the church of God: sometimes the church militant is called a city, of which the saints are now fellow citizens, governed by wholesome laws, and enjoying many privileges; but here the general assembly and church of the f…
638 wordsSECTION 185Revelation 21:3
Revelation 21:3 Ver. 3. And I heard a great voice out of heaven,.... Either of an angel, or rather of Christ, or God himself; since the Alexandrian copy and Vulgate Latin version read, "out of the throne", saying, behold the tabernacle of God is with men; in allusion to the tabernacle being with the Israelites, and t…
443 wordsSECTION 186Revelation 21:4
Revelation 21:4 Ver. 4. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes,.... Occasioned by sin, Satan, the hidings of God's face, and afflictive dispensations of Providence; for these will be no more: and there shall be no more death; natural or violent; there will be no more putting of the saints to death, or pers…
330 wordsSECTION 187Revelation 21:5
Revelation 21:5 Ver. 5. And he that sat upon the throne said,.... By whom is meant, either God the Father, who is often represented in this book as sitting on the throne, and as distinguished from Christ the Lamb; see Re 4:2 Re 5:13 and who may seem the more to be intended, since he is by adopting grace the God and Fa…
772 wordsSECTION 188Revelation 21:6
Revelation 21:6 Ver. 6. And he said unto me, it is done,.... The end of all things is come; it is all over with the first heaven and earth; these are no more, and the new heaven and earth are finished: there seems to be an allusion to the old creation, he spake, and it was done, Ps 33:9. The whole election of grace is…
435 wordsSECTION 189Revelation 21:7
Revelation 21:7 Ver. 7. He that overcometh,.... All spiritual enemies, sin, Satan, and the world, the antichristian beast, his image, mark, and number of his name; who is more than a conqueror through Christ; one that perseveres to the end, notwithstanding all temptations, trials, and difficulties; See Gill on "Re 2:7…
8,707 wordsSECTION 190Revelation 22:1
Revelation 22:1 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…
1,407 wordsSECTION 191Revelation 22:2
Revelation 22:2 Ver. 2. In the midst of the street of it,.... That is, of the city described in the preceding chapter, which shows that this vision belongs to that, and is a continuation of it, and which street was all of pure gold, Re 21:21 and on either side of the river was there the tree of life; not that it stoo…
766 wordsSECTION 192Revelation 22:3
Revelation 22:3 Ver. 3. And there shall be no more curse,.... As there was in Eden, from whence a river came, and where was a tree of life; for there the serpent cursed for his concern in man's transgression, and the earth on account of it; but in this new earth, and paradisiacal state, and on the inhabitants of it, w…
602 wordsSECTION 193Revelation 22:4
Revelation 22:4 Ver. 4. And they shall see his face,.... The face of God, so as he is not to be seen now; they shall see him as he is; not only the angels, who always behold the face of God, but all the saints, risen and changed, being pure in heart, and perfectly holy; they shall see him face to face, they shall have…
299 wordsSECTION 194Revelation 22:5
Revelation 22:5 Ver. 5. And there shall be no night there,.... This is repeated from Re 21:25 to express the certainty of it, and to observe, that the happiness of this state will greatly lie in the light thereof; it will be one everlasting day, hmera aiwnov, "day of eternity", or eternal day, as in 2Pe 3:18 and they…
251 wordsSECTION 195Revelation 22:6
Revelation 22:6 Ver. 6. And he said unto me,.... That is, the angel that talked with him, and showed him the above things: these sayings are faithful and true; not only what are delivered in particular concerning the new Jerusalem state, in which are many things new, and unheard of before, and which may seem strange,…
542 wordsSECTION 196Revelation 22:7
Revelation 22:7 Ver. 7. Behold, I come quickly,.... These are the words not of the angel, but of Christ, as is manifest from Re 22:12 and which are to be understood not of Christ's coming in his power to destroy Jerusalem, for this was past when John had these visions, and wrote this book; but of the second and person…
309 wordsSECTION 197Revelation 22:8
Revelation 22:8 Ver. 8. And I John saw these things, and heard them,.... He was both an eye and an ear witness; some things he saw, and others he heard; and to render his testimony the more authentic, he puts his name to it; and he being an apostle of Christ, and a man of great sincerity and probity, is to be believed…
190 wordsSECTION 198Revelation 22:9
Revelation 22:9 Ver. 9. Then saith he unto me,.... The angel at whose feet John fell down to worship: see thou do it not; this he said in great haste, and with much vehemence, to hinder him from doing it, as his short way of speaking shows: for I am thy fellow servant: of God, and of Christ, and am no more the objec…
212 wordsSECTION 199Revelation 22:10
Revelation 22:10 Ver. 10. And he saith unto me,.... Not the angel, but Christ, as is manifest from Re 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 t…
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.