Revelation 7:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Sir. Most texts read "My lord".

knowest. See App-132.

which came. who come.

out of. App-104.

great, &c.. the great, &c. Compare Matthew 24:21. See Jeremiah 30:5-7; Daniel 12:1. Nothing to do with Christ's sufferings and death on the cross.

have. Omit.

washed. Greek. pluno. Only here. App-136. Septuagint uses in Psalms 51:2; Psalms 51:7 for Hebrew. kabas. These wash "their own robes" the standing of works, not of grace. For latter see 1 Corinthians 6:11.

in. by. i.e. by virtue of, the en being here the efficient cause. App-104. See Revelation 1:5; Revelation 5:9, and App-95, note 2, "washing in blood".

Revelation 7:14

14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.