Revelation 1:17

And when I saw him,.... The glorious person here described, who was just behind him, and of whom he had a full view, being so near him:

I fell at his feet as dead; through consternation and fear,…

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead - As if I were dead; deprived of sense and consciousness. He was overwhelmed with the suddenness of the vision; he saw that this was a divine being; but…

I fell at his feet as dead - The appearance of the glory of the Lord had then same effect upon Ezekiel, Eze 1:28 : and the appearance of Gabriel had the same effect on Daniel, Dan 8:17. The terrible…

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…

I fell at his feet as dead So Dan 8:17 sq., Dan 10:8-9; Dan 10:15 (Eze 1:28; Eze 43:3; Eze 44:4 do not necessarily imply so much): cf. Exo 3:6; Exo 20:19; Exo 33:20; Jdg 6:22; Jdg 13:22; Isa 6:5, and…