Revelation 14:17

Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

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KJV

And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

ASV

And another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

YLT

And another messenger did come forth out of the sanctuary that is in the heaven, having--he also--a sharp sickle,

DBT

And another angel came out of the temple which [is] in the heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

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Although Christ is called the "angel of great counsel" of the Father, nonetheless from the following words the present angel is shown to be one of the ministering angels, for he comes out of the heavenly temple with a sharp sickle in order to accomplish …

Andreas of Caesarea· COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:17, 614patristic

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And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven,....

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

And another angel - The fifth in order. This angel came for a different purpose - with reference to the cutting off of the enemies of God, represented by the gathering of a vintage. Compare Mat 13:41; Mat 24:31. Came out of the temple which is in heaven - Sent or commissioned by God. See the notes on Rev 14:15. He also having a sharp sickle - On the word sickle, see the notes on Rev 14:14.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

Some think that these two are only different emblems of the same judgment; others that they refer to distinct events of providence before the end of all things. Observe, (1.) To whom this vintage-work was committed--to an angel, another angel that came out from the altar, that is, from the holiest of all in heaven.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Revelation 19:15
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 of God the Almighty.
Revelation 14:18
Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”
Revelation 14:14–15
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.
Revelation 16:1
Then 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.”
Revelation 15:5–6
After this I looked, and the temple—the tabernacle of the Testimony—was opened in heaven.
Revelation 16:17
Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”

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The Transfiguration — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

Revelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.

Canon: New Testament
Author: John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
Date: Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both

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Revelation 16:1
Then 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.”
leads to
- Zephaniah 3:8
  Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation— all My burning…
- Revelation 15:1
  Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
- Jeremiah 10:25
  Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished…
- Psalms 79:6
  Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
- Revelation 16:17
  Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”
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Revelation 14:18
Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters…
leads to
- Joel 3:13
  Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
- Revelation 16:8
  Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
- Revelation 14:15–16
  Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for…

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