Revelation 15:6 BSB

Revelation 15:6

And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.

BSB

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ASV

and there came out from the temple the seven angels that had the seven plagues, arrayed with precious stone, pure and bright, and girt about their breasts with golden girdles.

KJV

And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The seven angels came out of the temple - To show that they were sent from God himself. Clothed in pure and white linen - Habited as priests. For these habits see Exo 28:6, Exo 28:8; and see the note on Rev 1:13.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God himself was now preaching to the church and to all the world, by terrible things in righteousness; but, when this work was done, then the churches would have rest, the temple would be opened, and the solemn assemblies gathered, edified, and multiplied. The greatest deliverances of the church are brought about by awful and astonishing steps of Providence.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But A, C, and Vulgate, "a stone." On the principle that the harder reading is the one least likely to be an interpolation, we should read, "a stone pure ('and' is omitted in A, B, C, and ANDREAS), brilliant" (so the Greek): probably the diamond.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐξῆλθον	exēlthon	came forth	G1831 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἑπτὰ	hepta	seven	G2033 →
ἄγγελοι	angeloi	angels	G32 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
ἔχοντες	echontes	having	G2192 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
ἑπτὰ	hepta	seven	G2033 →
πληγὰς	plēgas	plagues	G4127 →
ἐκ	ek	out	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ναοῦ	naou	temple	G3485 →
ἐνδεδυμένοι	endedumenoi	having clothed themselves in	G1746 →
λίνον	linon	linen	G3043 →
καθαρὸν	katharon	pure	G2513 →
λαμπρὸν	lampron	bright	G2986 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
περιεζωσμένοι	periezōsmenoi	having girded themselves with	G4024 →
περὶ	peri	around	G4012 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
στήθη	stēthē	chests	G4738 →
ζώνας	zōnas	sashes	G2223 →
χρυσᾶς.	chrusas	golden.	G5552 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 1:13
and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.
leads to
- Daniel 7:13
  In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led…
- Daniel 10:16
  And suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome…
- Daniel 10:5–6
  I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
- Exodus 28:6–8
  They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.
Through
Revelation 14:15
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…
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.
- Mark 4:29
  And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
- Matthew 13:39
  and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Through
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.
leads to
- Leviticus 26:21
  If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Revelation

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Revelation