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Revelation 1:14-15 KJV
Revelation · chapter 1 · verses 14–15
14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.Revelation 1:14-15 · King James Version
Revelation 1:14-15 in context
12And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Commentary
Cross references
- Daniel 10:6
- Daniel 7:9
- Revelation 2:18
- Revelation 19:12
- Matthew 28:3
- Ezekiel 43:2
- Revelation 14:2
- Revelation 19:6
Key words (Strong's)
- furnacekaminosa furnace, for smelting, for burning earthen ware, for baking breadG2575 →
- burnedpyroōto burn with fire, to set on fire, kindle, to be on fire, to burn, to be incensed…G4448 →
- hairsthrixthe hair of the head, the hair of animalsG2359 →
- whiteleukoslight, bright, brilliant, brilliant from whiteness, white, of the garments of angels, and…G3022 →
- flamephloxa flameG5395 →
- brasschalkolibanonsome metal like gold if not more preciousG5474 →
- voicephōnēa sound, a tone, of inanimate things, as musical instruments, a voice, of the sound of…G5456 →
- headkephalēthe head, both of men and often of animals. Since the loss of the head destroys life…G2776 →
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We have now come to that glorious vision which the apostle had of the Lord Jesus Christ, when he came to deliver this revelation to him, where observe, I. The account given of the person who was favoured with this vision. He describes himself, 1. By his present state and condition.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-20