Revelation 19:19 BSB

Revelation 19:19

Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army.

KJV

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And I saw the beast - notes on Rev 13:1, Rev 13:11. Compare Rev 17:13. And the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together - There is allusion here to the same assembling of hostile forces which is described in Rev 16:13-14, for the great decisive battle that is to determine the destiny of the world - the question whether the Messiah or antichrist shall reign.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Though the divine vengeance will chiefly fall upon the beast, and the false prophet, yet it will be no excuse to those who fight under their banner that they only followed their leaders and obeyed their command; since they would fight for them, they must fall and perish with them.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
εἶδον	eidon	I saw	G1492 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θηρίον	thērion	beast	G2342 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
βασιλεῖς	basileis	kings	G935 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
γῆς	gēs	earth	G1093 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
στρατεύματα	strateumata	armies	G4753 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
συνηγμένα	sunēgmena	gathered together	G4863 →
ποιῆσαι	poiēsai	to make	G4160 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
πόλεμον	polemon	war	G4171 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
τοῦ	tou	the [One]	G3588 →
καθημένου	kathēmenou	sitting	G2521 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ἵππου	ippou	horse	G2462 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
στρατεύματος	strateumatos	army	G4753 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him.	G846 →

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
Revelation 16:14
These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
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…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 1 Timothy 4:1
  Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- Revelation 20:8
  and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
- 1 John 5:19
  We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
- James 3:15
  Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
Through
Revelation 16:16
And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
leads to
- Zechariah 12:11
  On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
- Judges 5:19
  Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
Through
Daniel 8:25
Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he…
leads to
- Daniel 8:11
  It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.