Revelation 14:5
in Revelation 14And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
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ASV
And in their mouth was found no lie: they are without blemish.
KJV
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
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This verse in Revelation 14
Commentary
14 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And in their mouth was found no guile - No deceit, fraud, hypocrisy. They were sincerely and truly what they professed to be - the children of God. This is the last characteristic which is given of them as redeemed, and it is not necessary to say that this is always represented as one of the characteristics of the true children of God. See the notes on Joh 1:47. For they are without fault before the throne of God - The word here rendered “without fault” - ἄμωμοι amōmoi - means, properly, “spotless, without blemish,” 1Pe 1:
This site's exposition
not been defiled with women
on Revelation 14:4-5
In the prophets and at 2:20-22 idolatry is harlotry, so their purity is from the beast's worship. They are firstfruits, aparche, the first sheaf of the harvest, and no lie was found in their mouths, as with the remnant of Zephaniah 3:13.
This site's exposition
they are blameless
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown guard the word blameless from a wrong reading. These men are counted blameless on the ground of Christ's righteousness, in whom they trusted and whom they served, and never as sinless in themselves. Their truthful speech is the fruit of that trust.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
Truly, dearest brothers, of what profit is it for a man or woman, whether cleric or monk or religious, if bodily virginity is preserved, as long as purity of the heart is violated by evil desires? Of what benefit is it to show chastity in …
A commentator
Caesarius of ArlesEXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:5, HOMILY 11 · Written before 542.
proposed
It does not say "there was no [lie in their mouth]," but "no lie was found in their mouth." For whatever the Lord finds when he calls forth from here, that is what he judges. For whether through baptism or through penance we are able …
These are, he says, the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins; these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were purchased from among men, a first fruits to God and to the Lamb, and in their …
The Medieval Church2 voices
And in their mouth was found no lie. It is not by the merit of chastity alone that virgins are joined to the divine company, unless they have also led an immaculate life free from all contagion of sin. Tychonius interprets this vision not specifically …
The elect are doubtless imbued with one true faith, even if their merits differ in rank; for they will come to one light of eternal truth in heaven, even though the ones who endeavor to cleave to Christ higher up in this life will enjoy …
6 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And in their mouth there was found no guile - Part for the whole. Nothing untrue, unkind, unholy. They are without fault - Having preserved inviolate a virgin purity both of soul and body.
And in their mouth was found no guile,....
The Nineteenth Century4 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Joh 1:47. for--So B, Syriac, Coptic, ORIGEN, and ANDREAS read. But A and C omit. without fault--Greek, "blameless": in respect to the sincerity of their fidelity to Him. Not absolutely, and in themselves blameless; but regarded as such on the ground of His righteousness in whom alone they trusted, and whom they faithfully served by His Spirit in them.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2324: “The Followers of the Lamb” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
WHATEVER the saints are in Heaven, they began to be on earth. There is, no doubt, a perfection of character in the world to come, but the character must be formed here. In the next world there will be no real change—where the tree falls, there it will lie. He that is filthy will be filthy, still. He that is holy will be holy, still. I am going to talk to you, tonight, about those who surround the Lamb and are with Him in the blaze of His Glory, singing to His honor.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2324: “The Followers of the Lamb” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
WHATEVER the saints are in Heaven, they began to be on earth. There is, no doubt, a perfection of character in the world to come, but the character must be formed here. In the next world there will be no real change—where the tree falls, there it will lie. He that is filthy will be filthy, still. He that is holy will be holy, still. I am going to talk to you, tonight, about those who surround the Lamb and are with Him in the blaze of His Glory, singing to His honor. I say that what they are in Heaven they were, in a measure, on earth. The life of Glory is the life of Grace. That life which men have in Heaven comes to them in regeneration on earth. When they are born again, they are born for Heaven—then it is that they receive the life which lives on throughout the eternal ages. If you do not have that life, here, you will never have it. If you die dead in sin, there is nothing for you, forever, but the abode of the dead, "where their worm dies not and their fire is not quenched." Today is the only time which we have for forming our character. Earth is the great place for making instruments of music—here they are tuned and prepared. Up there, they play them! But they will never play them, there, unless they have had them made and tuned here. The subject of my discourse will be, first, a survey of the outline of character of those who are to be with Christ hereafter. And then, secondly, a contemplation of the perfect picture of the saints with Christ in Glory, where I trust we, too, shall be, in the Lord's good time. I do not know whether these verses describe all the saints in Heaven. If they do, then you must be like they, or you can never be among them. If, however, they describe the elect of the elect, the innermost circle of Heaven.
In their mouth was found no guile - When brought before kings and rulers they did not dissemble, but boldly confessed the Lord Jesus.
The words behind it
10 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 |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τῷ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| στόματι | stomati | mouth | G4750 → | 78 times |
| αὐτῶν | auton | of them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| οὐχ | ouch | not | G3756 → | 1664 times |
| εὑρέθη | heurethe | was found | G2147 → | 175 times |
| ψεῦδος, | pseudos | a lie, | G5579 → | 10 times |
| ἄμωμοί | amomoi | blameless | G299 → | |
| εἰσιν | eisin | they are | G1510 → | 2333 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τῷthe
toG3588 →19766 times
στόματιmouth
stomatiG4750 →78 times
αὐτῶνof them
autonG846 →5565 times
οὐχnot
ouchG3756 →1664 times
εὑρέθηwas found
heuretheG2147 →175 times
ψεῦδος,a lie,
pseudosG5579 →10 times
ἄμωμοίblameless
amomoiG299 →
εἰσινthey are
eisinG1510 →2333 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
Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
it leads to
- Colossians 1:22
But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- John 10:29–30
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
- Hebrews 13:20–21
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- Colossians 1:22
Through
Ephesians 5:27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
it leads to
- 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!
- 1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- Hebrews 9:14
Through
Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
it leads to
- John 1:47
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- John 1:47
Where this verse is studied
About Revelation
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Bede, On the Tabernacle 1.25, 32; Caesarius of Arles, SERMON 155.3; Caesarius of Arles, EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:5, HOMILY 11; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2324: “The Followers of the Lamb” (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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation.