“And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?”
Then one of the elders addressed me saying, 'Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?' — the elder's question prompts John's clarification of the multitude's identity and origin, inviting theological interpretation.
Church Fathers on Revelation 7:13
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man was able to number, of every nation, tribe, and people, and tongue, clothed with white robes.” What the great multitude out of every tribe implies, is to show the number of the elect out of all believers, who, being cleansed by baptism in the blood of the Lamb, have made their robes white, keeping the grace which they have received.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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