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He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.
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Commentators highlight the profound intimacy of this promise. The image is not just a general absence of sadness, but of God Himself, like a loving parent, personally and tenderly wiping "every tear" from each individual's eyes. This action signifies the end of all that causes sorrow, stemming directly from His compassionate presence.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. This will be one of the characteristics of that blessed state, that not a tear will eve…
Shall wipe away every tear from their eyes (εξαλειψε παν δακρυον εκ των οφθαλμων αυτων). More exactly, "shall wipe out every tear …
19th Century
Anglican
And God shall wipe away all tears . . .—Instead of “all tears” we should translate “every tear,” and so possess the promi…
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Baptist
When there will be a new heaven and a new earth, and the Church will be in her new and glorified condition, then there will be no need for all thos…
The Holy City, the New Jerusalem, occupies John’s vision for the remainder of the book. First, he sees the city “coming down out of heaven from God…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes Occasioned by sin, Satan, the hidings of God's face, and afflictiv…
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The new heaven and the new earth will not be separate from each other; the earth of the saints, their glorified bodies, will be heavenly. The old w…
