14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
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His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-20)We have now come to that glorious vision which the apostle had of the Lord Jesus Christ, when he came to deliver this revelation to him, where observe, I. The account given of the person who was favoured with this vision. He describes himself, 1. By his present state and condition. He was the brother and companion of these churches in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Christ . He was…
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