“And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.”
Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little longer, until the number would be complete of their fellow servants and brothers and sisters, who were soon to be killed as they themselves had been killed — the white robes signify vindication and resurrection hope; they are told to rest (anapaō) yet remain aware that further martyrdoms must occur. The unfinished number (arithmos, count) suggests that eschatological timing awaits the full company of martyrs, an encouragement to subsequent faithful unto death.
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