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- Revelation
- Chapter 16
- Verse 15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
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Gill's Exposition
And he gathered them together,.... Or rather "they gathered them together", as the Syriac version renders it; for though the verb is singular, a noun plural goes before it, as in Rev 16:14 and the…
Barnes' Notes
Behold, I come as a thief - That is, suddenly and unexpectedly. See the Mat 24:43 note; 1Th 5:2 note. This is designed evidently to admonish people to watch, or to be in readiness for his coming,…
Adam Clarke
Behold, I come as a thief - Here is a sudden but timely warning to put every man on his guard, when this sudden and generally unexpected tribulation should take place.
Keepeth his garments, lest he…
The sixth angel poured out his vial; and observe,
I. Where it fell - upon the great river Euphrates. Some take it literally, for the place where the Turkish power and empire began; and they think this…
Cambridge Bible
Behold, I come St John apparently hears, and writes down as he hears, the words of Christ spoken in the midst of his vision.
as a thief See Rev 3:3 and references.
Blessed is he that watcheth The…
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