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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Revelation 1:17 - 1:17
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So fallen is man that God’s manifestation of His glorious presence overwhelms him.
laid his right hand upon me - So the same Lord Jesus did at the Transfiguration to the three prostrate disciples, of whom John was one, saying, Be not afraid. The “touch” of His hand, as of old, imparted strength.
unto me - omitted in the oldest manuscripts.
the first ... the last - (Isa 41:4; Isa 44:6; Isa 48:12). From eternity, and enduring to eternity: “the First by creation, the Last by retribution: the First, because before Me there was no God formed; the Last, because after Me there shall be no other: the First, because from Me are all things; the Last, because to Me all things return” [Richard of St. Victor].