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I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
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A Symbolic Number
Nearly all commentators agree that the 144,000 is not a literal count of the saved. It is a symbolic number representing the fullness and perfection of God's people. Derived from 12 (representing the tribes or apostles) squared and multiplied by 1,000, it signifies the vast, complete, and organized body of believers whom God sovereignly protects.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I heard the number of them who were sealed. He does not say where he heard that, or by whom it was communicated to h…
The number of the sealed (τον αριθμον των εσφραγισμενων). Accusative case object of ηκουσα and genitive of the perfect passive art…
19th Century
Anglican
And I heard the number of them . . . The passage can be translated: And I heard the number of the se…
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Baptist
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the childre…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I heard the number of them which were sealed And therefore could be sure of the exact number, which did not depe…
In the figurative language of Scripture, the blowing of the four winds together means a dreadful and general destruction. But the destruction is de…
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