Revelation 1:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.”
Revelation 1:16 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Revelation 1:1630 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Revelation 1:16
“And in His face was brightness as the sun.” That which He called brightness was the appearance of that in which He spoke to men face to face. But the glory of the sun is less than the glory of the Lord. Doubtless on account of its rising and setting, and rising again, that He was born and suffered and rose again, therefore the Scripture gave this similitude, likening His face to the glory of the sun. “And out of His mouth was issuing a sharp two-edged sword.” By the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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