Revelation 19:16 BSB

Revelation 19:16

And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

BSB

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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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Commentary

2 voices

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:16 (614)

This 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 …

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἔχει	echei	He has	G2192 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἱμάτιον	himation	robe	G2440 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
μηρὸν	mēron	thigh	G3382 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ὄνομα	onoma	a name	G3686 →
γεγραμμένον·	gegrammenon	written:	G1125 →
βασιλεὺς	basileus	King	G935 →
βασιλέων	basileōn	of kings	G935 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
κύριος	kurios	Lord	G2962 →
κυρίων.¶	kuriōn	of Lords.	G2962 →

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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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 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…
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.”
Through
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.
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.
Through
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.”
leads to
- Daniel 2:22
  He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.