Revelation 19:15 BSB

Revelation 19:15

And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

BSB

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ASV

And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

KJV

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

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Commentary

4 voices

Tertullian

An Answer to the Jews (220)

Who will ply the sword without practising the contraries to lenity and justice; that is, guile, and asperity, and injustice, proper (of course) to the business of battles? See we, then, whether that which has another action be not another sword,-that is, the Divine word of God, doubly sharpened with the two Testaments of the ancient law and the new law; sharpened by the equity of its own wisdom; rendering to each one according to his own action.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword,.... The Complutensian edition, and all the Oriental versions, with the Vulture Latin, read, "a sharp twoedged sword". The word of God, or the judiciary sentence of Christ according to it, and which he will fully execute, to the utter destruction of all his enemies; See Gill on Rev 1:16 that with it he should smite the nations; the Gentiles, the Papists, the antichristian states, those that have adhered to Babylon, and have drunk of the wine of her fornication.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

He now appears, not as a child, but as a victorious warrior. The nations have long ago felt his "iron rod," partly while the heathen Romans, after their savage persecution of the Christians, themselves groaned under numberless plagues and calamities, by his righteous vengeance; partly, while other heathens have been broken in pieces by those who bore the Christian name.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword - See the notes on Rev 1:16. In that place the sword seems to be an emblem of his words or doctrines, as penetrating the hearts of people; here it is the emblem of a work of destruction worked on his foes. That with it he should smite the nations - The nations that were opposed to him; to wit, those especially who were represented by the beast and the false prophet, Rev 19:18-

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Original language & word study

36 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
στόματος	stomatos	mouth	G4750 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ἐκπορεύεται	ekporeuetai	goes forth	G1607 →
ῥομφαία	rhomphaia	a sword	G4501 →
ὀξεῖα,	oxeia	sharp,	G3691 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
ἐν	en	with	G1722 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	it	G846 →
πατάξῃ	pataxē	He may strike down	G3960 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἔθνη.	ethnē	nations.	G1484 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
αὐτὸς	autos	He himself	G846 →
ποιμανεῖ	poimanei	will shepherd	G4165 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
ἐν	en	with	G1722 →
ῥάβδῳ	rhabdō	a rod	G4464 →
σιδηρᾷ	sidēra	of iron	G4603 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
αὐτὸς	autos	He himself	G846 →
πατεῖ	patei	treads	G3961 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ληνὸν	lēnon	press	G3025 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
οἴνου	oinou	wine	G3631 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
θυμοῦ	thumou	fury	G2372 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
ὀργῆς	orgēs	wrath	G3709 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
παντοκράτορος.	pantokratoros	Almighty.	G3841 →

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

The walk

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
Psalms 2:9
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
leads to
- Revelation 12:5
  And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 2:26–27
  And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
Through
Revelation 1:16
He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
leads to
- Hebrews 4:12
  For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Revelation 2:12
  To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.
- Revelation 2:16
  Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Through
Revelation 2:27
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.
leads to
- Psalms 2:8–9
  Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Through
2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3
  Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
- Revelation 19:20–21
  But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and…