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Revelation 19:16 KJV
Revelation · chapter 19 · verse 16
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.Revelation 19:16 · King James Version
Revelation 19:16 in context
14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
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Key words (Strong's)
- vesturehimationa garment , garmentsG2440 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- thighmērosthighG3382 →
- nameonomaname univ. of proper names, the name is used for everything which the name covers…G3686 →
- KINGbasileusleader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, kingG935 →
- LORDkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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No sooner was the marriage solemnized between Christ and his church by the conversion of the Jews than the glorious head and husband of the church is called out to a new expedition, which seems to be the great battle that was to be fought at Armageddon, foretold Rev 16:16. And here observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-21