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He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
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Commentators explain that Christ's title, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS," is written on his robe and thigh to be unmistakably visible. This placement, on a conspicuous part of his garment, serves as a public and undeniable declaration of His absolute sovereignty and authority over every earthly ruler and power.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he hath on his vesture. That is, this name was conspicuously written on his garment—probably his military robe.
And on his …
And on his thigh (κα επ τον μηρον αυτου). "Even upon his thigh." Old word, here alone in N.T.
King of kings, and Lo…
19th Century
Anglican
And He has on His vesture . . .—The King rides at the head of His army. On His robe, where it spreads out from the waist, His titl…
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Baptist
That with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath …
This third name of Christ, which all can read, is displayed on that most exposed part of his cloak, the part that covers the thigh, where it cannot…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he has on his vesture and on his thigh a name written , &c.] This name, afterwards expressed, is said to be writ…
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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…
