And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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Gill's Exposition
And I saw the dead,.... An account being given of the Judge, next the persons to be judged are described, and in this clause, by the state and condition in which they had been; for it cannot be…
Barnes' Notes
And I saw the dead, small and great - All the dead - for this language would express that - the whole race being composed of the “small and great.” Thus, in other language, the same idea might be…
Adam Clarke
The dead, small and great - All ranks, degrees, and conditions of men. This description seems to refer to Dan 7:9, Dan 7:10.
And the books were opened - See Dan 12:1. "Rab. Jehuda said: All the…
The utter destruction of the devil's kingdom very properly leads to an account of the day of judgment, which will determine every man's everlasting state; and we may be assured there will be a…
Cambridge Bible
small and great Read the great and the small. The sense, as in Rev 19:5, is probably to indicate the nothingness of human distinctions before God. Those who are "great in the Kingdom of Heaven" have…
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