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Selected Verse: Revelation 22:15 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Re 22:15 |
King James |
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
But--so Coptic. But A, B, HIPPOLYTUS, ANDREAS, and CYPRIAN omit.
dogs--Greek, "the dogs"; the impure, filthy (Rev 22:11; compare Phi 3:2).
maketh--including also "whosoever practiceth a lie" [W. KELLY]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For without are dogs - The wicked, the depraved, the vile: for of such characters the dogs, an unclean animal among the Jews, was regarded as a symbol, Deu 23:18. On the meaning of the expression, see the notes on Phi 3:2. The word "without" means that they would not be admitted into the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem, Rev 21:8, Rev 21:27.
And sorcerers, ... - All these characters are specified in Rev 21:8, as excluded from heaven. See the notes on that verse. The only change is, that those who "love and make a lie" are added to the list; that is, who delight in lies, or what is false. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Dogs (οἱ κύνες)
The A.V. omits the article "the dogs." Compare Phi 3:2. This was the term of reproach with which the Judaizers stigmatized the Gentiles as impure. In the Mosaic law the word is used to denounce the moral profligacies of heathen worship (Deu 23:18). Compare Mat 15:26. Here the word is used of those whose moral impurity excludes them from the New Jerusalem. "As a term of reproach, the word on the lips of a Jew, signified chiefly impurity; of a Greek, impudence. The herds of dogs which prowl about Eastern cities, without a home and without an owner, feeding on the refuse and filth of the streets, quarreling among themselves, and attacking the passer-by, explain both applications of the image" (Lightfoot, on Phi 3:2).
Sorcerers
See on Rev 9:21, and compare Rev 21:8.
Whoremongers (πόρνοι)
Rev., better, fornicators.
Maketh (ποιῶν)
Or doeth. Compare doeth the truth, Joh 3:21; Jo1 1:6. See on Joh 3:21. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Without are dogs - The sentence in the original is abrupt, as expressing abhorrence. The gates are ever open; but not for dogs; fierce and rapacious men. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Without are dogs - All those who are uncircumcised in heart. The Jews call all the uncircumcised dogs. "Who is a dog? Ans. He who is not circumcised." Pirkey Elieser, chap. 29.
And sorcerers - See the note on Rev 21:8. |
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.