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Revelation 14:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.


Revelation 14:17Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 14:1716 words
GreekMeaning
ΚαὶKai
AndwordG2532
ἄλλοςallos
anotheradjectiveG243
ἄγγελοςangelos
angelnounG32
ἐξῆλθενexēlthen
cameverbG1831
ἐκek
out ofprepositionG1537
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
ναοῦnaou
templenounG3485
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
οὐρανῷouranō
heavennounG3772
ἔχωνechōn
havingverbG2192
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
αὐτὸςautos
he himselfpronounG846
δρέπανονdrepanon
a sicklenounG1407
ὀξύoxy
sharpadjectiveG3691
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 14:17

“Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather in the grapes of the vine,” he signifies it of the nations that should perish on the advent of the Lord. And indeed in many forms he shows this same thing, as if to the dry harvest, and the seed for the coming of the Lord, and the consummation of the world, and the kingdom of Christ, and the future appearance of the kingdom of the blessed.

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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