IsiTyhilelo 14:1

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

1 Ndabona, nantso iMvana imi phezu kwentaba yeZiyon, kumi nayo ikhulu elinamanci mane anesine lamawaka, benalo igama loYise libhaliwe emabunzini abo.

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I looked: Revelation 14:14, Revelation 4:1, Revelation 6:8, Revelation 15:5, Jeremiah 1:11, Ezekiel 1:4, Ezekiel 2:9, Ezekiel 8:7, Ezekiel 10:1, Ezekiel 10:9, Ezekiel 44:4, Daniel 12:5, Amos 8:2, Zechariah 4:2

a Lamb: Revelation 5:5-9, Revelation 5:12, Revelation 5:13, Revelation 7:9-17

mount: Psalms 2:6, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, Isaiah 49:14, Joel 2:32, Micah 4:7, Romans 9:33, Hebrews 12:22-24

an: Revelation 7:4-8

having: Revelation 3:12, Revelation 7:3, Revelation 13:16, Revelation 13:17, Luke 12:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:5 - But unto 2 Samuel 5:7 - Zion 1 Chronicles 11:5 - the castle Psalms 9:11 - which Psalms 15:1 - holy Psalms 45:14 - virgins Psalms 65:1 - in Sion Psalms 69:35 - God Psalms 87:3 - Glorious Psalms 87:7 - As well Psalms 99:2 - great Psalms 125:1 - be as mount Psalms 137:3 - the songs of Zion Isaiah 24:23 - mount Isaiah 35:10 - and come Isaiah 51:11 - the redeemed Isaiah 60:14 - The city Isaiah 65:25 - my Jeremiah 51:10 - let us Ezekiel 9:4 - set a mark John 1:29 - Behold 1 Peter 1:19 - as Revelation 9:4 - which Revelation 12:11 - the blood Revelation 14:3 - no Revelation 15:2 - that had Revelation 17:14 - and they Revelation 19:14 - the armies Revelation 22:4 - and his

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb,.... The Alexandrian copy, and some others, read "the Lamb"; the same that had been seen before in, the midst of the throne, Revelation 5:6; and all the Oriental versions have the same article also; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, for mention is made of his Father in a following clause; the King of Zion, where he is seen standing, and the Redeemer of his people, who are at large described; it is the same Lamb who is so often spoken of in this book before: in the two preceding chapters an account is given of the state of the church, as oppressed under Rome Pagan, and Rome Papal, and here of its more glorious and victorious condition, with Christ at the head of it; in the last chapter antichrist is described, with his followers and worshippers, and as exercising tyranny and cruelty upon the saints, and here Christ and his followers are represented in vision, and some hints given of the fall of Babylon, and of the wrath of God upon the worshippers of the beast, and of the happiness of those who belong to the Lamb: and of him it is here said, that he

stood on the Mount Zion; by which is meant not heaven, but the church on earth; why that is called Mount Zion, Revelation 5:6- :; here Christ the Lamb stood, as presiding over it, being King of Zion, or the church; where he stood and fed, or ruled, in the name of the Lord, and in the majesty of his God; and where he appeared in the defence of his church and people, oppressed by antichrist; for he is Michael that standeth for the children of his people, and who stands with courage, and in the greatness of his strength, and is invincible; nor does he stand here alone:

and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand; the same with those in Revelation 7:3, though all the world wondered after the beast, and all that dwelt upon the earth worshipped him, yet there was a number preserved that did not bow the knee to him; a remnant according to the election of grace, who were called out of the world, and brought to Zion, and were on the side of the Lamb, and abode by him, and cleaved unto him:

having his Father's name written in their foreheads; not baptism, administered in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, as some think; nor eternal election, as others, though as their names were written in the Lamb's book of life, so this was manifest to themselves and others, as if his name and his Father's had been written in their foreheads; but rather adoption, the new name of a child of God, they having the spirit of adoption, whereby they cried, "Abba", Father, and being openly and manifestly the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus; unless it should be thought there is an allusion to the inscription in the mitre on the forehead of the high priest, "holiness to the Lord", and so be expressive of that visible holiness which will be on the saints in the spiritual reign of Christ, which this vision respects; see Zechariah 14:20; or to the frontlets between the eyes of the people of Israel, to put them in mind of the law, and their obedience to it, Deuteronomy 6:8; and so may here denote the engagements of those saints in the service of God; though perhaps no more is intended than their open and hearty profession of their faith, and that they were not ashamed of appearing in the cause of God and truth; nor of Christ and his words, his Gospel and ordinances: the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read, "having his name, (the Lamb's,) and his Father's name written in their foreheads"; and the Ethiopic version adds, "and of his Holy Spirit". Mr. Daubuz thinks this vision refers to the times of Constantine, and to the Christians then, and particularly the council of Nice, and as contemporary with that in Revelation 7:9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I looked - My attention was drawn to a new vision. The eye was turned away from the beast and his image to the heavenly world - the Mount Zion above.

And, lo, a Lamb - See the notes on Revelation 5:6.

Stood on the mount Zion - That is, in heaven. See the notes on Hebrews 12:22. Zion, literally the southern hill in the city of Jerusalem, was a name also given to the whole city; and, as that was the seat of the divine worship on earth, it became an emblem of heaven - the dwelling-place of God. The scene of the vision here is laid in heaven, for it is a vision of the ultimate triumph of the redeemed, designed to sustain the church in view of the trials that had already come upon it, and of those which were yet to come.

And with him an hundred forty and four thousand - These are evidently the same persons that were seen in the vision recorded in Revelation 7:3-8, and the representation is made for the same purpose - to sustain the church in trial, with the certainty of its future glory. See the notes on Revelation 7:4.

Having his Father’s name written in their foreheads - Showing that they were his. See the notes on Revelation 7:3; Revelation 13:16. In Revelation 7:3, it is merely said that they were “sealed in their foreheads”; the passage here shows how they were sealed. They had the name of God so stamped or marked on their foreheads as to show that they belonged to him. Compare the notes on Revelation 7:3-8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIV.

The Lamb on mount Sion, and his company and their character,

1-5.

The angel flying in the midst of heaven, with the everlasting

Gospel, 6, 7.

Another angel proclaims the fall of Babylon, 8.

A third angel denounces God's judgments against those who

worship the beast or his image, 9-11.

The patience of the saints, and the blessedness of them who die

in the Lord, 12, 13.

The man on the white cloud, with a sickle, reaping the earth,

14-16.

The angel with the sickle commanded by another angel, who had

power over fire, to gather the clusters of the vines of the

earth, 17, 18.

They are gathered and thrown into the great winepress of God's

wrath, which is trodden without the city, and the blood comes

out 1600 furlongs, 19, 20.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIV.

Verse Revelation 14:1. A Lamb stood on the mount Sion — This represents Jesus Christ in his sacrificial office; mount Sion was a type of the Christian Church.

And with him a hundred forty and four thousand] Representing those who were converted to Christianity from among the Jews. See Revelation 7:4.

His Father's name written in their foreheads. — They were professedly, openly, and practically, the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus. Different sects of idolaters have the peculiar mark of their god on their foreheads. This is practised in the east to the present day, and the mark is called the sectarial mark. Between eighty and ninety different figures are found on the foreheads of different Hindoo deities and their followers.

Almost every MS. of importance, as well as most of the versions and many of the fathers, read this clause thus: Having HIS NAME and his Father's name written upon their foreheads. This is undoubtedly the true reading, and is properly received by Griesbach into the text.