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Selected Verse: Matthew 28:3 - Strong Concordance
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Translation |
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| Mt 28:3 |
Strong Concordance |
[1161] His [846] countenance [2397] was [2258] like [5613] lightning [796], and [2532] his [846] raiment [1742] white [3022] as [5616] snow [5510]: |
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King James |
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: |
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] |
His countenance--appearance.
was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow--the one expressing the glory, the other the purity of the celestial abode from which he came. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
His countenance - In our language the word "countenance" refers to the "face only;" in the original it refers to his "whole person." His "general aspect, or the appearance of the angel himself," was, etc.
Like lightning - Peculiarly bright and shining.
His raiment white as snow - Celestial beings are usually represented as clothed in white, Act 1:10; Dan 7:9; Rev 3:4-5; Rev 4:4; Rev 7:13-14. White, among the Jews, was the symbol of "purity or innocence." |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Countenance (εἰδέα)
Rev., more correctly, appearance. The word occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It does not refer to the face alone, but to the general aspect. Wyc., looking.
As lightning
In effulgence. Each evangelist's account of the resurrection emphasizes different particulars. Matthew alone notes the outward glory, the earthquake, the agency of the angel, and the impotence of the military and priestly power to crush the new faith. He only notices the adoration of the risen Lord before his ascension, and traces to its origin the calumny current among the Jews to this day. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
His countenance - His appearance, ἡ ιδεα αυτου; or, his face, for so the word is used in some of the best Greek writers. It seems, from Mar 16:5, that this angel had assumed the appearance of a young man.
Like lightning - Coruscations of glory continually flaming from his face. This might produce the confusion mentioned Mat 28:2.
His raiment white as snow - He was clothed in garments emblematical of the glad tidings which he came to announce. It would have been inconsistent with the message he brought, had the angel appeared in black robes, such as those preposterously wear who call themselves his successors in the ministry of a once suffering, but now risen and highly exalted, Savior. But the world is as full of nonsense as of sin; and who can correct and bring it to reason and piety? |
13 And [2532] one [1520] of [1537] the elders [4245] answered [611], saying [3004] unto me [3427], What [5101] are [1526] these [3778] which [3588] are arrayed in [4016] white [3022] robes [4749]? and [2532] whence [4159] came they [2064]?
14 And [2532] I said [2046] unto him [846], Sir [2962], thou [4771] knowest [1492]. And [2532] he said [2036] to me [3427], These [3778] are they [1526] which came [2064] out of [1537] great [3173] tribulation [2347], and [2532] have washed [4150] their [846] robes [4749], and [2532] made [3021] them [4749] [846] white [3021] in [1722] the blood [129] of the Lamb [721].
4 And [2532] round about [2943] the throne [2362] were four [5064] and [2532] twenty [1501] seats [2362]: and [2532] upon [1909] the seats [2362] I saw [1492] four [5064] and [2532] twenty [1501] elders [4245] sitting [2521], clothed [4016] in [1722] white [3022] raiment [2440]; and [2532] they had [2192] on [1909] their [846] heads [2776] crowns [4735] of gold [5552].
4 Thou hast [2192] a few [3641] names [3686] even [2532] in [1722] Sardis [4554] which [3739] have [3435] not [3756] defiled [3435] their [846] garments [2440]; and [2532] they shall walk [4043] with [3326] me [1700] in [1722] white [3022]: for [3754] they are [1526] worthy [514].
5 He that overcometh [3528], the same [3778] shall be clothed [4016] in [1722] white [3022] raiment [2440]; and [2532] I will [1813] not [3364] blot out [1813] his [846] name [3686] out of [1537] the book [976] of life [2222], but [2532] I will confess [1843] his [846] name [3686] before [1799] my [3450] Father [3962], and [2532] before [1799] his [846] angels [32].
9 I beheld [01934] [02370] till [05705] the thrones [03764] were cast down [07412], and the Ancient [06268] of days [03118] did sit [03488], whose garment [03831] was white [02358] as snow [08517], and the hair [08177] of his head [07217] like the pure [05343] wool [06015]: his throne [03764] was like the fiery [05135] flame [07631], and his wheels [01535] as burning [01815] fire [05135].
10 And [2532] while [5613] they looked stedfastly [2258] [816] toward [1519] heaven [3772] as he [846] went up [4198], [2532] behold [2400], two [1417] men [435] stood by [3936] them [846] in [1722] white [3022] apparel [2066];
2 And [2532], behold [2400], there was [1096] a great [3173] earthquake [4578]: for [1063] the angel [32] of the Lord [2962] descended [2597] from [1537] heaven [3772], and came [4334] and rolled back [617] the stone [3037] from [575] the door [2374], and [2532] sat [2521] upon [1883] it [846].
5 And [2532] entering [1525] into [1519] the sepulchre [3419], they saw [1492] a young man [3495] sitting [2521] on [1722] the right side [1188], clothed [4016] in a long white [3022] garment [4749]; and [2532] they were affrighted [1568].