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Revelation 19:13

Revelation 19:13
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood,.... Either in his own, by which he became the Saviour of his church and people; or else in the blood of his saints, he now comes to avenge; or rather…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood - Red, as if dipped in blood - emblem of slaughter. The original of this image is probably Isa 63:2-3. See the notes on that passage. And his name is…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood - To show that he was just come from recent slaughter. The description is taken from Isa 63:2, Isa 63:3, where Judas Maccabeus, or some other conqueror,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 19:11-21

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

vesture Or, cloak: it is the outergarment that is so described.

dipt in blood There is almost equal authority for this reading, "dipped," or "dyed," and for "sprinkled." Either is almost equally…