Revelation 1:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. ”

• Revelation 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And hath made us kings and priests unto God - In 1 Peter 2:9 the same idea is expressed by saying of Christians that they are “a royal priesthood.” See the notes on that verse. The quotation in...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The greeting is addressed to the seven churches of Asia for whom the book was written. Revelation 1:4 . seven churches, i.e. Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodi...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  hath. Omit. kings and priests . (to be). kingdom (so all texts) and (to be) priests. See Revelation 5:10 ; Revelation 20:6 ; Exodus 19:6 (Septuagint "a royal priesthood") Father. See App-9...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 2476 THE GROUNDS OF PRAISE TO CHRIST Revelation 1:5-6 . Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Fathe...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Kings and priests - See on 1 Peter 2:5 (note), 1 Peter 2:9 (note). But instead...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. And hath made, [B, poieesanti ( G4160 ); A C 'Aleph ('), Kai ( G253...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Vision of the Son of Man St. John addresses 'the seven churches which are in Asia,' telling them of a vision of Christ, who bade him, write in a book what he saw and send it to them. 1-3 . I...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever (or, unto the ages ). — The symbol of washing in the last verse naturally leads on to the thought...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER I. THE PROLOGUE. Revelation 1:1-20 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show unto His servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and He sent and signif...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Revelation of Jesus Christ Revelation 1:1-8 In His capacity as mediator, our Lord receives from the Father and transmits to His servants, that they may in turn transmit to the world of men,...

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• Revelation 1:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The theme of this Book is found in its opening sentence, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." This should be borne in mind from first to last, and our object should be to see Him as He is here revealed....

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• Revelation 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (4) John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; (5) And...

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• Revelation 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And hath made us kings and priests ,.... The Alexandrian copy, and Complutensian edition, read, "a kingdom, priests"; and the Vulgate Latin version, "a kingdom and priests"; and the Arabic version,...

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• Revelation 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Ver. 6. And hath made us kings ] To rule in righteousness, to lord it over our...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John The dedication of this book is contained in the 4th, 5th, and 6th verses; but the whole Revelation is a kind of letter. To the seven churches which are in Asia That part of the Lesser Asia,...

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• Revelation 1:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  God gave this Revelation to Jesus Christ so that He might, as the Son of Man, communicate this to His servants. It is He who has been entrusted with the restitution of all things, and is therefore gi...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Apostolic Benediction. A. D.  95.       3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the word...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father : kings, to rule over our own appetite, and govern ourselves by the law of his word, to fight and conquer the world, the flesh, and the...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘To Him who loves us (present tense), and freed us from our sins by (en) His blood (aorist tense), and made us to be a Kingdom, even priests to His God and Father, to Him be the glory and dominion fo...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Revelation 1:4 . Churches .—Or congregations. Asia .—The single province, not the whole Asia Minor. It may have been the province in which St. John had chiefly lab...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Revelation 1:5-6 The Christian Priesthood. I. It is amongst the most common, and certainly not the least dangerous of the errors of the day, to identify the Church with the clergy, as though the...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Revelation 1:1-2 . The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his serv...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Revelation 1:1 . The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which reaches to the end of time, and is a continuation of the Hebrew, and the christian prophets of the new testament. This revelation properly be...

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• Revelation 1:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE TITLE . The simplest form of this, as of other books of the New Testament, is the oldest: 'The Revelation of John' (Αποκάλυψις Ιωάννου). Other forms worth noting are: 'The Re...

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• Revelation 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The prologue:

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• Revelation 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 2:5-9 ; 1 Peter 4:11 ; 1 Peter 5:11 ; 1 Timothy 6:16 ; 2 Peter 3:18 ; Daniel 4:34 ; Exodus 19:6 ; Hebrews 13:21 ; Isaiah 61:6 ; John 5:23 ; Jude 1:25 ; Matthew 6:13 ; Philippians...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Revelation of Jesus Christ Revelation 1:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The word "Revelation." The word "revelation" means an unveiling or uncovering, thus we approach the last Book of the Bible...

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• Revelation 1:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  To him that loveth us, and, out of that free, abundant love, hath washed us from the guilt and power of our sins with his own blood, and hath made us kings — Partakers of his present, and heirs of...

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