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He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called "The Word of God."
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A Robe of Judgment & Redemption
Commentators discuss whether Christ's robe is stained with his enemies' blood (a symbol of judgment from Isaiah 63) or his own sacrificial blood. Several suggest it signifies both: his authority to judge is founded upon his redemptive work. He is both the conquering King and the Lamb who was slain.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood. Red, as if dipped in blood—emblem of slaughter. The original source of this im…
Arrayed (περιβεβλημενος). Perfect passive participle of περιβαλλω, to clothe, often in this book.
In a garment
19th Century
Anglican
His eyes were as a flame . . .—Or, rather, And His eyes are (as) a flame of fire, and upon His head many diadems—(He) having n…
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Baptist
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge an…
The imagery in this verse has traditionally been related to Isa 63:1–6, a passage understood messianically by the Jews and one that John has used i…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood Either in his own, by which he became the Saviour of his church and people; …
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Christ, the glorious Head of the church, is described as on a white horse, the emblem of justice and holiness. He has many crowns, for he is King o…
