And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
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Gill's Exposition
And another angel came out of the temple,.... Not the Holy Spirit, who, being God omniscient, knows the day and hour of judgment, which is a secret to men and angels, as Napier thinks; since though he…
Barnes' Notes
And another angel - The fourth in order, Rev 14:6, Rev 14:8-9. Came out of the temple - See the notes on Rev 11:19. Came, as it were, from the immediate presence of God; for the temple was regarded as…
Adam Clarke
Thrust in thy sickle - Execute the judgments which God has decreed.
For the harvest of the earth is ripe - The cup of the people's iniquity is full.
Here we have the vision of the harvest and vintage, introduced with a solemn preface. Observe,
I. The preface, Rev 14:13. Here note, 1. Whence this prophecy about the harvest came: it came down from…
Cambridge Bible
another angel It is probably not relevant to argue that in classical Greek this would not necessarily imply that the previously named Person is an Angel, even if "another" is meant to distinguish the…
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