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He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
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The Mountain of Revelation
Commentators explain that John being taken to a 'great and high mountain' is deeply symbolic. Beyond just providing a good view, it represents the spiritual elevation required to perceive God's glory. As some scholars suggest, to gain clear views of heavenly things, believers must ascend their own 'mount of meditation and faith' through prayer and separation from the world.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he carried me away in the spirit. Gave him a vision of the city; seemed to place him where he could have a clear view of it as it came…
He carried me away in the Spirit (απηνεγκεν με εν πνευματ). See same language in 17:7 when John received a vision of the Harlot Ci…
19th Century
Anglican
And he carried me away in the spirit . . .—Better, He carried me away in spirit onto a mountain, great and high. It is no…
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Baptist
And there came to me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come here, I…
Here the parallelism with 17:1 is clearly deliberate. The bride, the wife of the Lamb, contrasts with the great prostitute, the archetypal image fo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he carried me away in the Spirit John was in an ecstasy, as in (Revelation 1:10) (4:2) (17:3) and in…
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God has various employments for his holy angels. Sometimes they sound the trumpet of Divine Providence and warn a careless world; sometimes they re…
