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Revelation 14:16

in Revelation 14

So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.

KJV

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

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This verse in Revelation 14

Commentary

11 notes on this verse
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth,.... He put forth, and made use of that power which he had in his hand, in answer to the entreaty of the angel, the time being fully come which was fixed for this great event: and the earth was reaped; and the harvest of it was got in; reaping and harvest sometimes are used in an ill sense, and design the wrath of God, and his judgments inflicted upon men; see Isa 17:

This site's exposition

one sat like unto the Son of man

on Revelation 14:14-16

One like unto the Son of man, Daniel 7:13's title, sits on a white cloud with a golden crown and a sharp sickle, and the main line reads this rider as Christ himself, crowned and ready, rather than an ordinary angel, since no other figure in the book wears both the Son of man's title and a crown. An angel comes out of the temple crying Thrust in thy sickle, and reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe, exeranthe, literally dried, fully ready, and he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle and the earth was reaped. This first harvest, of grain, is read by the main line as the ingathering of the righteous, distinct from the grape harvest of judgment that follows, Joel 3:13's own two harvest images divided here into their separate scenes.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers3 voices

A commentator

Cyprian

Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews · Written before 258.

proposed

That the foundation and strength of hope and faith is fear. In the cxth Psalm: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Of the same thing in the Wisdom of Solomon: "The beginning of wisdom is to fear God." Also in the Proverbs of the same: "Blessed is the man who reverences all things with fear."

A commentator

Primasius of Hadrumetum

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:15-16 · Written before 560.

proposed

From the explanation of the Lord, we know that the angels will be the reapers and that the end of the world is signified by the appearance of a ripe harvest. Moreover, it is known that after the harvesting of the crop there is chaff …

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 550.

proposed

And the angel said to him, Send forth your sickle, and reap: for the time to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he says he cast his sickle upon the earth and it was reaped? A harvest is often …

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:15-16 · Written before 614.

proposed

The cry of the angel symbolically represents the supplications of all the heavenly powers who desire to see both the honoring of the saints and the separation of the transgression of the sinners. At that time, that which is changeable and transient will cease to …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

proposed

Crying - By the command of God. Thrust in thy sickle, for the harvest is ripe - This implies an high degree of holiness in those good men, and an earnest desire to be with God.
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The Nineteenth Century4 voices

And he that sat on the cloud - The Saviour, Rev 14:14. Thrust in his sickle on the earth - To cut down the harvest - that is, to gather his people to himself. And the earth was reaped - So far as the righteous were concerned. The end had come; the church was redeemed; the work contemplated was accomplished; and the results of the work of the Saviour were like a glorious harvest.
I AM no Prophet, nor the son of a Prophet. Neither do I profess to be able to explain all the prophecies in this blessed Book. I believe that many of them will only be explained as the events occur which they foretell. Yet there are some things which are plain even to the most superficial reader.
I AM no Prophet, nor the son of a Prophet. Neither do I profess to be able to explain all the prophecies in this blessed Book. I believe that many of them will only be explained as the events occur which they foretell. Yet there are some things which are plain even to the most superficial reader. It is plain, for instance, that it is certainly foretold that the power of antichrist shall be utterly and eternally destroyed and that Babylon, that is to say, the Papal system, with all its abominations, shall be cast like a millstone into the flood to rise no more forever. It is also certain that the Jews, as a people, will yet acknowledge Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of David, as their King, and that they will return to their own land, "and they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations." It is also certain that our Lord Jesus Christ will come again to this earth and that He will gloriously reign among His ancients and that there will be a thousand years of joy and peace such as were never known on this earth before! It is also certain that there will be a great and general judgment when all nations shall be gathered before the Son of Man sitting upon the Throne of His Glory—and His final word concerning these upon His left hand will be, "These shall go away into everlasting punishment" and, concerning those upon His right hand, "but the righteous into life eternal." How all these great events are to be chronologically arranged, I cannot tell.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The earth was reaped - The judgments were executed. But where, or on whom, who can tell?

The words behind it

17 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.4 worksRevelation 14:14And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.3 worksRevelation 14:19So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.3 worksRevelation 16:1–21Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”2 worksJohn 5:22–23Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,1 worksTitus 1:3In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.1 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Revelation 16:2So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.0 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 16:27

    For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 62:12

      and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.

    • 2 Corinthians 5:10

      For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

    • Romans 2:6

      God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

    • Romans 14:12

      So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

    • Jeremiah 17:10

      I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

  • Through

    Revelation 14:19

    So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 32:32–33

      But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.

    • Revelation 19:15–21

      And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath…

  • Through

    Revelation 14:14

    And I looked and saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was One like the Son of Man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

    it leads to

    • Daniel 7:13

      In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led…

Where this verse is studied

About Revelation

The Transfiguration, Gustave Doré. Public domain.
The Transfiguration, Gustave Doré. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:15-16; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2910: “The Harvest and the Vintage” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Cyprian, Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation and Primasius of Hadrumetum, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:15-16.

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