And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
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Gill's Exposition
And there came unto me one of the seven angels,.... Either the first of them, as one of the four beasts is the first of them, Rev 6:1 or it may be the last, and very likely the same as in Rev…
Barnes' Notes
And there came unto me one of the seven angels ... - See the notes on Rev 16:6-7. Why one of these angels was employed to make this communication is not stated. It may be that as they had been engaged…
Adam Clarke
The bride, the Lamb's wife - The pure and holy Christian Church.
We have already considered the introduction to the vision of the new Jerusalem in a more general idea of the heavenly state; we now come to the vision itself, where observe,
I. The person that opened…
Cambridge Bible
The Vision of the New Jerusalem, Rev 21:9 to Rev 22:5
The Measure of the City, Rev 21:9-17
9. And there came unto me&c. As in Rev 17:1. "unto me" should be omitted, so that the sentence as far as…
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