“His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;”
The hair of his head was white like wool, white like snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire — the white hair echoes Daniel 7:9's description of the Ancient of Days (God the Father), applying it now to the exalted Christ and signaling his participation in divine eternity and wisdom. The eyes like flame penetrate all things, see all deeds; this is the gaze before which nothing is hidden (Hebrews 4:13).
Church Fathers on Revelation 1:14
“And His head and His hairs were white as it were white wool, and as it were snow.” On the head the whiteness is shown; “but the head of Christ is God.” 1 Corinthians 11:3 In the white hairs is the multitude of abbots like to wool, in respect of simple sheep; to snow, in respect of the innumerable crowd of candidates taught from heaven. “His eyes were as a flame of fire.” God's precepts are those which minister light to believers, but to unbelievers burning.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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