CHAPTER XXII. 1. Pure. Omit. Clear (Aaumpov). See on Luke xxiii. 11. Rev., braght.
2. In the midst of the street thereof. Some connect these words with the preceding. So Rev.
On either side (évteddev cal évredIev). For the latter €v- rendev read éxeZSev, and render, as Rev., on this side and on that.
Tree (EiAov). See on Luke xxiii. 31, and Apoc. ii. 7.
Twelve manner of fruits («aprrovs Sadexa). Lit., twelve fruits. Some render crops or harvests of fruit. On these two verses compare Ezek. xlvii. 1-12; Joel iii.18; Zech. xiv. 8.
3. Shall serve (Aatpevcovow). See on Lukei. 74. Reyv., do Him service. The word originally means Zo serve for hire. In the New Testament, of the worship or service of God in the use of the rites intended for His worship. It came to be used by the Jews in a very special sense, to denote the service ren- dered to Jehovah by the Israelites as His peculiar people. See Rom. ix.4; Acts xxvi. 7; Heb. ix. 1, 6. Hence the significant application of the term to Christian service by Paul in Philip. iii. 3.
4. See His face. Compare 1 John iii.2; Matt.v.8; Exod. xxxiii. 20; Ps. xvii. 15.
5. No night there (éxe@). Substitute érv any more. Rev., there shall be night no more.
6. The Lord God (Képws 6 eds). Rather, as Rev., the Lord, the God.
Of the holy prophets (rv aylwy rpopntav). For ayiwv holy substitute mvevydrev spirits, and render, as Rev., the God of the spirits of the prophets.
Be done (yevéo9at). Better, as Rev., come to pass.
7. Keepeth (rypav). A favorite word with John, occurring in his writings more frequently than in all the rest of the New Testament together. See on reserved 1 Pet. i. 4.
Book (6.PAiov). Diminutive, properly a little book or scroll. See on writing, Matt. xix.7; d¢/, Mark x. 2; book, Luke iv. 17.
8. | John saw (éy@ Iwdvyns 6 Brétrov). The A. V. over- looks the article with the participle—the one seeing. Hence Rey., correctly, J John am he that heard and saw.
Had heard and seen (ijKovea xal Brea). Aorist tense. There is no need of rendering it as a pluperfect. Rev., rightly, I heard and saw. The appeal to hearing and seeing is com- mon to all John’s writings. See John i. 14; xix. 35; xxi. 14; 1 John i. 1) 2); av, 14.
9. See thou do it not (pa uy). Lit., see not.
Thy brethren the prophets. The spiritual brotherhood of John with the prophets is exhibited in the Apocalypse.
10. Seal (c¢payions). Rev., seal up. This word occurs eighteen times in the Apocalypse and twice in the Gospel, and only five times elsewhere in the New Testament. It means to confirm or attest (John iii. 33); to close up for security (Matt. xxvii. 66; Apoc. xx. 3); to hide or keep secret (Apoc. x.45 xxil. 10) ; to mark a person or thing (Apoe. vii. 8; Eph. i. 13; iv. 30).
Time («acpos). See on Matt. xii. 1.
11. Unjust (dd:cdv). Rev., better, wnrighteous.