Revelation 19:16
in Revelation 19And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
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ASV
And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
KJV
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
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This verse in Revelation 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis name reveals the unity of the divine incarnation. For in this unity he who is God suffered in the flesh, and although man, he is King of kings and Lord of lords. Those who have ruled the passions and in cooperation with Christ have …
This site's exposition
out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword
on Revelation 19:15-16
The sword from his mouth is the same living word Hebrews 4:12 and this book's own opening vision at 1:16 already named, judgment executed by speech rather than by blade, a decisive answer to every reading that expects the second coming to need an army's weapons. The rod of iron cashes the promise made the overcomer at 2:26-27, and he treadeth the winepress draws directly on Isaiah's own lone warrior, his garments stained crimson, who trod the winepress alone and of the people there was none with him, at Isaiah 63:1-3. The title written on his vesture and thigh, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS, is the exact title the Lamb already bore over the ten kings at 17:14, spoken there in promise and worn here in fact.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
On his vesture and on his thigh a name written - Dr. Dodd has well observed on this passage, that “it appears to have been an ancient custom among several nations to adorn the images of their deities, princes, victors at public games, and other eminent persons, with inscriptions, expressing either the character of the persons, their names, or some other circumstance which might contribute to their honor; and to that custom the description here given of Christ may possibly have some allusion. “There are several such images yet extant, with an inscription written either on the garment, or on one of the thighs, or on that part of the garment which was over the thigh; and probably this is the meaning of the apostle.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
"His name written on His vesture and on His thigh," was written partly on the vesture, partly on the thigh itself, at the part where in an equestrian figure the robe drops from the thigh.
The words behind it
17 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 |
| ἔχει | echei | He has | G2192 → | 707 times |
| ἐπὶ | epi | upon | G1909 → | 883 times |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἱμάτιον | himation | robe | G2440 → | 60 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐπὶ | epi | upon | G1909 → | 883 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| μηρὸν | meron | thigh | G3382 → | |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ὄνομα | onoma | a name | G3686 → | 227 times |
| γεγραμμένον· | gegrammenon | written: | G1125 → | 189 times |
| βασιλεὺς | basileus | King | G935 → | 114 times |
| βασιλέων | basileon | of kings | G935 → | 114 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| κύριος | kurios | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| κυρίων.¶ | kurion | of Lords. | G2962 → | 711 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἔχειHe has
echeiG2192 →707 times
ἐπὶupon
epiG1909 →883 times
τὸthe
toG3588 →19766 times
ἱμάτιονrobe
himationG2440 →60 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐπὶupon
epiG1909 →883 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
μηρὸνthigh
meronG3382 →
αὐτοῦof Him
autouG846 →5565 times
ὄνομαa name
onomaG3686 →227 times
γεγραμμένον·written:
gegrammenonG1125 →189 times
βασιλεὺςKing
basileusG935 →114 times
βασιλέωνof kings
basileonG935 →114 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
κύριοςLord
kuriosG2962 →711 times
κυρίων.¶of Lords.
kurionG2962 →711 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 17:14They 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…
it leads to
- Romans 8:30
And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
- 1 Timothy 6:15
which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
- Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen.”
- 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.
- Daniel 2:47
The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
- Romans 8:30
Through
1 Timothy 6:15which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
it leads to
- Revelation 17:14
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…
- 1 Timothy 1:17
Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Revelation 17:14
Through
Daniel 2:47The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
it leads to
- Daniel 2:22
He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
- Daniel 2:22
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About Revelation
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:16; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament.