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Revelation 22:15

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But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

KJV

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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This verse in Revelation 22

Commentary

13 notes on this verse
For without are dogs,.... That is, without the holy city are such persons who are comparable to dogs for their filthiness, impudence, and voraciousness, as are persecutors, heretics, and apostates, Mat 7:6. Some think Sodomites are intended, as in Deu 23:18. So Abarbinel and others interpret the law; and who abound in the Roman jurisdiction, called therefore Sodom, Rev 11:8 and indeed all wicked men, who will be cast out into outer darkness, may be signified hereby.

This site's exposition

enter the city by its gates

on Revelation 22:14-15

Blessed are those who wash their robes follows early manuscripts; the Textus Receptus behind the King James has a similar-sounding phrase about keeping His commandments. The washed robe recalls 7:14, and the list of those outside repeats 21:8 and 21:27.

This site's exposition

outside are the dogs

Albert Barnes takes the dog, an unclean animal in Israel, as a figure for the vile, citing Deuteronomy 23:18 and Philippians 3:2. The rest of the list repeats 21:8. Outside stands against the open gates of verse 14.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers3 voices

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 550.

proposed

Outside are the dogs, he says. It is customary in the divine writing to call dogs those who associate with others because of their shamelessness and uncleanness. For Moses also says in Deuteronomy, the law of the advocator: "You shall not bring the hire of …

A commentator

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book II · Written before 220.

proposed

Now then, ye dogs, whom the apostle puts outside, and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.

A commentator

Apringius of Beja

TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 22:15 · Written before 600.

proposed

Those who are outside the congregation of the saints will be manifestly thrown out of the ark of blessedness. He moreover declares by whose authority these things have been shown or said to saint John when he continues, "I, Jesus …"

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 735.

proposed

But outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, etc. For all the rage of the wicked now also attempts to intrude upon the Church, but when the master of the house has entered, and, with the saints entering with him into the wedding, has …

A commentator

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 22:15 · Written before 614.

proposed

The dogs are not only the shameless and the unfaithful and those evildoers in the circumcision, for whom the apostle wept, but also those who, after their baptism, "returned to their own vomit." Therefore, with the fornicators and the murderers and the idolaters, they are …
5 more voices on this verse

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bonaventure

Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 22 · Written in the 13th century.

proposed

There must be a discerning investigation, so that the world be considered discriminately by the soul. It is fitting that there be great discernment in the guarding of the house, lest all have access to these powers. May nothing useless be announced to the king …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

proposed

Without are dogs - The sentence in the original is abrupt, as expressing abhorrence. The gates are ever open; but not for dogs; fierce and rapacious men.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

For without are dogs - The wicked, the depraved, the vile: for of such characters the dogs, an unclean animal among the Jews, was regarded as a symbol, Deu 23:18. On the meaning of the expression, see the notes on Php 3:2. The word “without” means that they would not be admitted into the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem, Rev 21:8, Rev 21:27. And sorcerers, ... - All these characters are specified in Rev 21:8, as excluded from heaven. See the notes on that verse.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

But A, B, HIPPOLYTUS, ANDREAS, and CYPRIAN omit. dogs--Greek, "the dogs"; the impure, filthy (Re 22:11; compare Php 3:2). maketh--including also "whosoever practiceth a lie" [W.

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Without are dogs - All those who are uncircumcised in heart. The Jews call all the uncircumcised dogs. “Who is a dog? Ans. He who is not circumcised.” Pirkey Elieser, chap. 29. And sorcerers - See the note on Rev 21:8.

The words behind it

21 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

18 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.

1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,37 worksRevelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”37 worksGalatians 5:19–21The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;19 worksProverbs 12:22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.15 worksMatthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’14 worksPhilippians 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!13 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ephesians 5:5For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.12 worksRevelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.10 worksGalatians 5:21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.9 worksRevelation 9:20–21Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.8 works1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching8 worksRevelation 18:23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”8 works1 Corinthians 10:14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.8 worksColossians 3:6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.7 worksJohn 3:18–21Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.7 worksExodus 22:18You must not allow a sorceress to live.7 worksMalachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.7 worksColossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,7 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

    Revelation 21:8

    But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 6:9–10

      Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual…

    • Revelation 2:11

      He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

    • Ephesians 5:5–6

      For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

    • Revelation 20:14–15

      Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

    • Galatians 5:19–21

      The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

  • Through

    Philippians 3:2

    Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

    it leads to

    • 2 Corinthians 11:13

      For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

  • Through

    Revelation 21:27

    But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 22:14–15

      Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

    • Isaiah 52:1

      Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 22:15; Apringius of Beja, TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 22:15; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Bonaventure, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 22; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation and Tertullian, Against Marcion Book II.

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