Revelation 14:17
in Revelation 14Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
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ASV
And another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
KJV
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
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This verse in Revelation 14
Commentary
10 notes on this verseAlthough 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 …
This site's exposition
he also having a sharp sickle
on Revelation 14:17-20
A second angel from the temple and a third from the altar, which had power over fire, direct the grape harvest, gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe, the vine here the earth's own gathered wickedness rather than the true vine of John 15. The angel thrust in his sickle and cast the harvest into the great winepress of the wrath of God, and the winepress was trodden without the city, Isaiah 63:1-6's lone treader of the winepress, the Lord's own garments stained in that vision, now enacted in judgment at Armageddon's field. Blood came out of the winepress even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs, roughly the length of the land of Israel, a figure the main line reads as hyperbolic in scale, signaling a slaughter of the fullest measure rather than requiring a literal river; the parking order governs any further geographic mapping.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
The angel who has the sickle, who came forth from the heavenly temple, is himself also a minister and servant of the coming end. Being heavenly and a minister of God, having come forth from the heavenly temple he is described.
A commentator
Caesarius of ArlesEXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:17, HOMILY 11 · Written before 542.
proposed
If we must understand the reaper seated on the white cloud to be Christ himself, who is this vintager, unless it is the Selfsame, only in his body which is the church? Perhaps we would not be far wrong were we to understand those three …
The Medieval Church1 voice
And another angel, etc., having a sharp sickle himself. If Christ is seen as the reaper in the white cloud, who is the grape gatherer, if not the same, elegantly repeated for the dual fruit of the Church? For He who sowed the good seed …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven,....
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2910: “The Harvest and the Vintage” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
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.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2910: “The Harvest and the Vintage” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
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.
The words behind it
16 Greek wordsEvery 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.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἄλλος | allos | another | G243 → | 155 times |
| ἄγγελος | angelos | angel | G32 → | 175 times |
| ἐξῆλθεν | exelthen | came | G1831 → | 216 times |
| ἐκ | ek | out of | G1537 → | 911 times |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ναοῦ | naou | temple | G3485 → | 45 times |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τῷ | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| οὐρανῷ | ourano | heaven | G3772 → | 272 times |
| ἔχων | echon | having | G2192 → | 707 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| αὐτὸς | autos | he himself | G846 → | 5565 times |
| δρέπανον | drepanon | a sickle | G1407 → | 8 times |
| ὀξύ.¶ | oxu | sharp. | G3691 → | 8 times |
ΚαὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἄλλοςanother
allosG243 →155 times
ἄγγελοςangel
angelosG32 →175 times
ἐξῆλθενcame
exelthenG1831 →216 times
ἐκout of
ekG1537 →911 times
τοῦthe
touG3588 →19766 times
ναοῦtemple
naouG3485 →45 times
τοῦ<the>
touG3588 →19766 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τῷ<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
οὐρανῷheaven
ouranoG3772 →272 times
ἔχωνhaving
echonG2192 →707 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
αὐτὸςhe himself
autosG846 →5565 times
δρέπανονa sickle
drepanonG1407 →8 times
ὀξύ.¶sharp.
oxuG3691 →8 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Revelation 16:1Then 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.”
it 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 anger.…
- 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!”
- Zephaniah 3:8
Through
Revelation 14:18Still 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…
it 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…
- Joel 3:13
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About Revelation
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:17; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Caesarius of Arles, EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:17, HOMILY 11; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2910: “The Harvest and the Vintage” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation.