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Revelation 1:15

Revelation 1:15
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace,.... By which is meant, not his human nature in a suffering state; or his people, the meaner and lower parts of his mystical body, in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And his feet like unto fine brass - Compare Dan 10:6, “And his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass.” See also Eze 1:7, “and they” (the feet of the living creatures) “sparkled like the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

His feet like unto fine brass - An emblem of his stability and permanence, brass being considered the most durable of all metallic substances or compounds.

The original word, χαλκολιβανον, means the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 1:9-20

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

fine brass Decidedly the most probable sense, though the etymology of the word is obscure. It looks like a compound of the Greek words for "brass" (or more accurately bronze) and "incense" the latter…