And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Vesture dipped in blood - (Isaiah 63:2: cf. Revelation 19:15, end.) The blood there is not His own, but that of His foes. Here the blood on His "vesture," reminding us of His own blood, shed for even the ungodly who trample on it, prefigures the shedding of their blood in retribution: not that of the godly, as the harlot and beast shed, but of the blood-stained ungodly, including them both.
The Word of God - who made the world, is He who, under the same character, shall make it anew. Son of God is applicable, in a lower sense, also to His people; but "the Word of God" indicates His incommunicable Godhead, which, joined to His manhood, He shall manifest in glory. 'The Bride does not fear the Bridegroom: love casteth out fear: she welcomes Him: she cannot be happy but at His side. The Lamb (Revelation 19:9) is the symbol of His gentleness. Even a little child, instead of being scared by a lamb, caresses it. There is nothing to make us afraid of God but sin: and Jesus is the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. What a fearful contrast is the aspect He will wear toward His enemies! Not as the Bridegroom and Lamb, but as the Judge and Warrior stained in the blood of His enemies.'