“And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' Then he said to me, 'These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb — the multitude has emerged (erchomenoi, present participle) from the great tribulation (thlipsis megalē), persecution and trial throughout history. They have washed their robes white in the Lamb's blood (plynō), a paradox suggesting that Christ's sacrificial death achieves the cleansing that blood would normally defile; spiritual purification occurs through identification with his redemptive work.
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