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Selected Verse: Revelation 14:17 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Re 14:17 |
King James |
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
out of the temple . . . in heaven-- (Rev 11:19). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And another angel - The fifth in order. This angel came for a different purpose - with reference to the cutting off of the enemies of God, represented by the gathering of a vintage. Compare Mat 13:41; Mat 24:31.
Came out of the temple which is in heaven - Sent or commissioned by God. See the notes on Rev 14:15.
He also having a sharp sickle - On the word "sickle," see the notes on Rev 14:14. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
angel
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4). |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Temple (ναοῦ)
Properly, sanctuary. See on Mat 4:5. |
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,