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Revelation 17:14

in Revelation 17

They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they also shall overcome that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.

KJV

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

This verse in Revelation 17

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 17:13-14 · Written before 614.

on Revelation 17:13-14

Indeed! For "no one can serve two masters." And so those who conspire together with an evil agreement and ally themselves with the antichrist will oppose themselves to Christ. However, the Lamb of God who was slain for us will conquer them. For he was …

This site's exposition

ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings

on Revelation 17:12-14

The ten horns are ten kings not yet reigning, matching Daniel 7:24's ten horns out of the fourth kingdom, and their reign is deliberately brief, one hour, a phrase this chapter uses three times for Babylon's collapse. Their one mind is to hand their power to the beast, a false unity answering the true unity Christ prays for his own in John 17:21. Yet this alliance makes war with the Lamb and loses outright: the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, the very title John will see written on the Rider's own vesture at 19:16, and the overcomers who stand with him are called, and chosen, and faithful, the three words matching the promises to the seven churches.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

on Revelation 17:11-16

"And the beast which thou sawest is of the seven." Since before those kings Nero reigned. "And he is the eighth." He says only when this beast shall come, reckon it the eighth place, since in that is the completion. He added:- "And shall go into perdition." For that ten kings received royal power when he shall move from the east, he says. He shall be sent from the city of Rome with his armies. And Daniel sets forth the ten horns and the ten diadems.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And they that are with him - Beholding his victory, are such as were, while in the body, called, by his word and Spirit. And chosen - Taken out of the world, when they were enabled to believe in him. And faithful - Unto death.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This shall not be till after they have first executed judgment on the harlot (Re 17:15, 16). Lord of lords, &c.--anticipating Re 19:16. are--not in the Greek. Therefore translate, "And they that are with Him, called chosen, and faithful (shall overcome them, namely, the beast and his allied kings)." These have been with Christ in heaven unseen, but now appear with Him.

The words behind it

26 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.

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

    Romans 8:30

    And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

    it leads to

    • Romans 8:28

      And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

    • Ephesians 1:11

      In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

  • Through

    Revelation 1:5

    and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 89:27

      I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

    • Hebrews 9:14

      how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

  • Through

    Matthew 22:14

    For many are called, but few are chosen.”

    it leads to

    • 2 Peter 1:10

      Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,

    • Luke 13:23–24

      “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,

  • Through

    Revelation 3:21

    To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

    it leads to

    • 2 Timothy 2:12

      if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

    • Matthew 19:28

      Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve…

Where this verse is studied

About Revelation

The Transfiguration — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
The Transfiguration — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

This page draws on Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 17:13-14; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Victorinus of Pettau, Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John.