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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Revelation 19:16
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On his robe and on his leg was written this name: king of kings and lord of lords
On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, King of kings and Lord of lords.
And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written: kynge of kynges and lorde of lordes.
He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written: "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
On his robe and on his upper leg was written this name: king of kings and lord of lords .
And he has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KINGS OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.
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And he hath writun in his cloth, and in the hemme, Kyng of kyngis and Lord of lordis.
And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: King of kings and Lord of lords.
On the part of the robe that covered his thigh was written, "KING OF KINGS AND Lord OF LORDS."
And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name inscribed, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords .
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And on his robe and on his thigh he has a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
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On his robe at his thigh was written this title: King of all kings and Lord of all lords.
On His coat and on His leg is the name written, "KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."
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And he hath vpon his garment, and vpon his thigh a name written, The King of Kings, and Lord of Lordes.
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And he hath on his garment and on his thigh written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written, King of kinges, and Lorde of lordes.
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And He has on His garment and on His thigh a name having been written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
and he hath upon the garment and upon his thigh the name written, `King of kings, and Lord of lords.'
And hath on his vesture and on his thyghe a name wrytten: Kynge of all kinges, and LORDE of all lordes.
on the mantle about his thigh was this inscription, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: "King of kings and Lord of lords."
And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
On his shirt and on his thigh was written "King of kings and Lord of lords."
And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
on his vesture: Revelation 19:12, Revelation 19:13
KING: Revelation 17:14, Psalms 72:11, Proverbs 8:15, Proverbs 8:16, Daniel 2:47, Philippians 2:9-11, 1 Timothy 6:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:29 - Let people Numbers 24:7 - his king Numbers 24:19 - Of Jacob Deuteronomy 10:17 - Lord of lords Joshua 22:22 - Lord God 2 Chronicles 9:26 - reigned over Ezra 7:12 - Artaxerxes Job 12:18 - General Psalms 89:27 - higher Psalms 98:6 - the king Psalms 99:4 - strength Psalms 136:3 - the Lord Psalms 145:1 - my God Psalms 145:12 - make known Isaiah 9:6 - the government Isaiah 33:22 - the Lord is our king Jeremiah 12:12 - the sword Jeremiah 30:21 - governor Jeremiah 48:15 - saith Daniel 2:21 - he removeth Daniel 2:37 - the God Daniel 7:27 - dominions Daniel 8:25 - stand Daniel 9:25 - the Prince Micah 5:2 - that is Zephaniah 3:15 - the king Zechariah 14:16 - the King Matthew 4:9 - I give Matthew 25:34 - the King Matthew 28:18 - All John 3:31 - is above John 4:1 - the Lord John 12:13 - the King Acts 2:30 - he Acts 4:26 - kings Acts 10:36 - he is Romans 10:12 - Lord Romans 13:1 - there 1 Corinthians 1:2 - our Lord Colossians 4:1 - ye 1 Timothy 1:17 - the King James 2:7 - worthy Revelation 1:5 - and the prince Revelation 15:3 - saints
Cross-References
Ere yet they lay down, the men of the city - the men of Sodom, had come round against the house, from youth even unto age, - all the people from every quarter,
And they called unto Lot and said to him, Where are the men who have come in unto thee tonight? Bring them forth unto us, and let us know them!
Behold, I pray you, I, have two daughters who have not known man, I must needs now bring, them, forth unto you, and do ye to them, as may be good in your eyes, - Only to these men, ye may do nothing; for on this account, have they come under the shade of my roof.
And the men thrust forth their hand, and brought Lot in unto them into the house - and, the door, they closed:
But as soon as, the dawn had sprung up, the messengers hastened Lot saying, - Arise! take thy wife and thy two daughters that are at hand, lest thou be swept away in the punishment of the city.
And he lingered - so the men laid hold of his hand and of the hand of his wife and of the hand of his two daughters, in the tenderness of Yahweh towards him, - and they brought him out and led him forth outside the city.
And Lot said unto them, - No, I pray thee, My Lord!
Behold, I pray thee thy servant hath found favour in thine eyes, so that thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness which thou hast performed with me in keeping alive my soul. - But, I, cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity overtake me so shall I die.
So they caused their father, on that night also to drink wine, and the younger arose, and lay with him, but he noticed not her lying down, nor her rising up.
Thus did, the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,.... This name, afterwards expressed, is said to be written on his vesture, in allusion to the custom of persons of note and eminence having their names interwoven in their garments, and which was sometimes done in letters of gold, as Zeuxis had t; and it is expressive of the conspicuousness of Christ's kingdom, which now will come with observation; his judgments, the administrations of his kingly office, will be manifest, and he will reign before his ancients gloriously: and its being said to be written on his thigh may mean either that it was upon that part of his garment which covered his thigh; or else that it was also on his sword, which he sometimes girt upon his thigh. Mr. Daubuz has given an instance out of Victor Vitensis, of Clementianus, a monk, who had written on his thigh,
""a manichee" disciple of Jesus Christ.''
And this being done in Africa, he supposes it to be a Phoenician custom continued. It may here denote the perpetuity of Christ's name, power, and dominion, which will continue to the latest posterity, Psalms 72:17 which spring from the thigh; and it may denote the subjection of his people to him, signified by the putting the hand under the thigh,
Genesis 24:2. And this name is
King of kings and Lord of lords; which will well suit him now when he shall be openly King over all the earth; Genesis 24:2- :.
t Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 35. c. 9.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And he hath on his vesture - That is, this name was conspicuously written on his garment - probably his military robe.
And on his thigh - The robe or military cloak may be conceived of as open and flowing, so as to expose the limbs of the rider; and the idea is, that the name was conspicuously written not only on the flowing robe, but on the other parts of his dress, so that it must be conspicuous whether his military cloak were wrapped closely around him, or whether it was open to the breeze. Grotius supposes that this name was on the edge or hilt of the sword which depended from his thigh.
A name written - Or a title descriptive of his character.
King of kings, and Lord of lords - As in Revelation 17:5, so here, there is nothing in the original to denote that this should be distinguished, as it is, by capital letters. As a conspicuous title, however, it is not improper. It means that he is, in fact, the sovereign over the kings of the earth, and that all nobles and princes are under his control - a rank that properly belongs to the Son of God. Compare the notes on Ephesians 1:20-22. See also Revelation 19:12 of this chapter. The custom here alluded to of inscribing the name or rank of distinguished individuals on their garments, so that they might be readily recognized, was not uncommon in ancient times. For full proof of this, see Rosenmuller, Morgenland, vol. iii. pp. 232-236. The authorities quoted there are, Thevenot’s Travels, vol. i. p. 149; Gruter, p. 989; Dempster’s Etruria Regalis, t. ii. tab. 93; Montfaucon, Antiq. Expliq. t. iii. tab. 39. Thus Herodotus (vol. ii. p. 196), speaking of the figures of Sesostris in Ionia, says that, “Across his breast, from shoulder to shoulder, there is this inscription in the sacred characters of Egypt, ‘I conquered this country by the force of my arms.’” Compare Cic. Verr. iv. 23; LeMoyne a.d. Jeremiah 23:6; Munter, Diss. a.d. Revelation 17:5, as referred to by Prof. Stuart, in loco.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 19:16. On his vesture and on his thigh a name written — Dr. Dodd has well observed on this passage, that "it appears to have been an ancient custom among several nations to adorn the images of their deities, princes, victors at public games, and other eminent persons, with inscriptions, expressing either the character of the persons, their names, or some other circumstance which might contribute to their honour; and to that custom the description here given of Christ may possibly have some allusion.
"There are several such images yet extant, with an inscription written either on the garment, or on one of the thighs, or on that part of the garment which was over the thigh; and probably this is the meaning of the apostle. And as these inscriptions are placed on the upper garment, Grotius seems very justly to have explained the words επιτοιματιον, by his imperial robe, that his power in this victory might be conspicuous to all. But as a farther confirmation of this sense of the passage it may not be improper here to describe briefly several remarkable figures of this sort, which are still extant." This description I shall give from my own examination.
1. HERODOTUS, Euterpe, lib. ii. p. 127, edit. Gale, speaking of the actions of Sesostris, and of the images he set up in the countries which he conquered, has the following words: Εισι δε περι Ιωνιην δυο τυποι εν πετρῃσι εγκεκολαμμενοι τουτου του ανδρος, κ. τ. λ. "Two images likewise of this man are seen in Ionia, on the way that leads from Ephesus to Phocaea, and from Sardis to Smyrna. The figure is five palms in height; in his right hand he holds a dart, in his left a bow, armed after the manner of the Egyptians and Ethiopians. On a line drawn across the breast, from one shoulder to the other, are these words, written in Egyptian hieroglyphics: Εγω τηνδε την χωρην ωμοισι τοισι εμοισι εκτησαμην· 'I obtained this country by these my shoulders;'" i.e., by my own power.
2. In the Etruria Regalis of Dempster, in the appendix at the end of vol. ii., there is a beautiful female figure of brass, about twelve inches high, the hair gracefully plaited, and the head adorned with a diadem. She has a tunic without sleeves, and over that a sort of pallium. On the outside of the right thigh, close to the tunic, and probably on it, in the original, is an inscription in Etruscan characters. What these import I cannot say. Dempster has given a general explanation of the image in the appendix to the above volume, p. 108. The plate itself is the eighty-third of the work.
3. There are two other images found in the same author, vol. i., p. 91, tab. xxiv.; the first is naked, with the exception of a short loose jupe, or petticoat, which goes round the loins, and over the left arm. On the left thigh of this image there is an inscription in Etruscan characters. The second has a similar jupe, but much longer, which extends to the calf of the leg, and is supported over the bended left arm. Over the right thigh, on this vesture, there is an Etruscan inscription in two lines.
4. MONTFAUCON, Antiquite Expliquee, vol. iii., part 2, p. 268, has introduced an account of two fine images, which are represented tab. CLVII. The first is a warrior entirely naked, except a collar, one bracelet, and boots. On his left thigh, extending from the groin to a little below the knee, is an inscription in very ancient Etruscan characters, in two lines, but the import is unknown.
The second is a small figure of brass, about six inches long, with a loose tunic, which is suspended from the left shoulder down to the calf of the legs. On this tunic, over the left thigh, is an inscription (perhaps) in very ancient Latin characters, but in the Etruscan language, as the learned author conjectures. It is in one line, but what it means is equally unknown.
5. In the same work, p. 269, tab. CLVIII., another Etruscan warrior is represented entirely naked; on the left thigh is the following words in uncial Greek letters, ΚΑΦΙΣΟΔΩΡΟΣ, and on the right thigh, ΑΙΣΧΛΑΜΙΟΥ, i.e., "Kaphisodorus, the son of Aischlamius." All these inscriptions are written longitudinally on the thigh.
6. GRUTER, vol. iii., p. DCCCCLXXXIX, sub. tit. Affectus Servorum et Libertinorum inter se, et in suos, gives us the figure of a naked warrior, with his left hand on an axe, the end of whose helve rests on the ground, with the following inscription on the inside of his left thigh, longitudinally written, as in all other cases:-
A. POBLICIUS. D. L. ANTIOC.
TI. BARBIUS. Q. P. L. TIBER.
7. The rabbins say, that "God gave to the Israelites a sword, on which the ineffable name יהוה Yehovah was inscribed; and as long as they held that sword the angel of death had no power over them." Shemoth Rabba, sec. 51, fol. 143, 2. Bemidbar Rabba, sec. 12, fol. 214, 2.
In the latter tract, sec. 16, fol. 232, 3, and in Rab. Tanchum, fol. 66, mention is made of the guardian angels of the Israelites, who were clothed with purple vestments, on which was inscribed שם המפורש shem hammephorash, the ineffable name. See more in Schoettgen.
8. But what comes nearer to the point, in reference to the title given here to Christ, is what is related of Sesostris by DIODORUS Siculus, lib. i. c. 55, p. 166, edit. Bipont, of whom he says: "Having pushed his conquests as far as Thrace, he erected pillars, on which were the following words in Egyptian hieroglyphics: Τηνδε την χωραν ὁπλοις κατεστρεψατο τοις ἑαυτου Βασιλευς Βασιλεων, και Δεσποτης Δεσποτων, Σεσοωσις·" This province, Sesoosis, (Sesostris,) KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS, conquered by his own arms. This inscription is conceived almost in the words of St. John. Now the Greek historian did not borrow the words from the apostle, as he died in the reign of Augustus, about the time of our Lord's incarnation. This cannot be the same inscription mentioned above by Herodotus, the one being in Ionia, the other in Thrace: but as he erected several of those pillars or images, probably a nearly similar inscription was found on each.
9. This custom seems to have been common among the ancient Egyptians. Inscriptions are frequently found on the images of Isis, Osiris, Anubis, c., at the feet, on the head, on the back, on the girdle, c., &c. Eight of those ancient images in my own collection abound with these inscriptions.
1. Osiris, four inches and a quarter high, standing on a thrones all covered over with hieroglyphics exquisitely engraved.
2. Anubis, six inches high, with a tiara, on the back of which is cut ΛΕΓΟΡΝΥΘ, in uncial Greek characters.
3. The Cercopithecus, seven inches long, sitting on a pedestal, and at his feet, in the same characters, ΧΑΔΕΟ.
4. An Isis, about eight inches high, on her back ΔΡΥΓΟ.
5. Ditto, seven inches, beautifully cut, standing, holding a serpent in her left hand, and at her feet ΕΤΑΠΥΓΙ.
6. Ditto, five inches and a quarter, round whose girdle is ΠΙΕΥΧΥΔΙ; but part of this inscription appears to be hidden under her-arms, which are extended by her side.
7. Ditto, five inches high, hooded, with a loose stola, down the back of which are seven lines of Greek uncial characters, but nearly obliterated.
8. Ditto, four inches high, with a girdle going round the back immediately under the arms, the front of which is hidden under a sort of a stomacher on the part that appears are these characters, ΧΕΝΛΑ. These may be all intended as a kind of abrasaxas or tutelary deities; and I give this notice of them, and the inscriptions upon them, partly in illustration of the text, and partly to engage my learned and antiquarian readers in attempts to decipher them. I would have given the Etruscan characters on the other images described above, but have no method of imitating them except by an engraving.
As these kinds of inscriptions on the thigh, the garments, and different parts of the body, were in use among different nations, to express character, conduct, qualities, and conquests, we may rest assured that to them St. John alludes when he represents our sovereign Lord with an inscription upon his vesture and upon his thigh; and had we not found it a custom among other nations, we should have been at a loss to account for its introduction and meaning here.
