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Revelation 5:10

Revelation 5:10
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests,.... See Gill on Rev 1:6. The Alexandrian copy, and Complutensian edition, and the Syriac, Arabic, and the Ethiopic versions, read "them", instead of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests - See the notes on Rev 1:6. And we shall reign on the earth - The redeemed, of whom we are the representatives. The idea clearly is, in accordance with…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Kings and priests - See Exo 19:6 (note); Pe1 2:5 (note), Pe1 2:9 (note), and the notes there.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 5:6-14

Here, I. The apostle beholds this book taken into the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ, in order to its being unsealed and opened by him. Here Christ is described, 1. By his place and station: In the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

unto our God kings and priests See on the last verse for the true reading: on Rev 1:6 for the origin of the phrase.

we shall reign Authorities are nearly evenly divided between the readings "they…