His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
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Gill's Exposition
His eyes were as a flame of fire,.... Which denotes the perspicuity and penetration of them, the omniscience of Christ to look into and discover the secret machinations, schemes, and devices of his…
Barnes' Notes
His eyes were as a flame of fire - See the notes on Rev 1:14. And on his head were many crowns - Many diadems, indicative of his universal reign. It is not said how these were worn or arranged on his…
Adam Clarke
His eyes were as a flame of fire - To denote the piercing and all-penetrating nature of his wisdom.
On his head were many crowns - To denote the multitude of his conquests, and the extent of his…
No sooner was the marriage solemnized between Christ and his church by the conversion of the Jews than the glorious head and husband of the church is called out to a new expedition, which seems to be…
Cambridge Bible
His eyes, &c. Rev 1:14.
many crowns These are distinctively kinglycrowns, see on Rev 4:4; Rev 6:2. Their numbermarks Him as King of kings, Rev 19:19: perhaps also as both King and Priest, as in Zec…
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