His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
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Gill's Exposition
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow,.... In allusion to the white head and hairs of old men, said to be hoary, or like the hoar frost, and compared to an almond tree in…
Barnes' Notes
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow - Exceedingly or perfectly white - the first suggestion to the mind of the apostle being that of wool, and then the thought occurring of…
Adam Clarke
His head and his hairs were white like wool - This was not only an emblem of his antiquity, but it was the evidence of his glory; for the whiteness or splendor of his head and hair doubtless proceeded…
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…
Cambridge Bible
like wool, as white as snow Either these words are to be taken together, -like wool white as snow" or we must punctuate "were white like white wool, like snow." Though the Person seen is the Son of…
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