Vincent Word Studies - Revelation 1:17 - 1:17

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Vincent Word Studies - Revelation 1:17 - 1:17


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I fell

Compare Exo 23:20; Eze 1:28; Dan 8:17 sqq.; Dan 10:7 sqq.; Luk 5:8; Rev 19:10. The condition of the seer, in the Spirit, does not supersede existence in the body. Compare Act 9:3-5.

The first and the last

This epithet is three times ascribed to Jehovah by Isaiah (Isa 41:4; Isa 44:6; Isa 48:12); three times in this book (here, Rev 2:8; Rev 22:13). Richard of St. Victor comments thus: “I am the first and the last. First through creation, last through retribution. First, because before me a God was not formed; last, because after me there shall not be another. First, because all things are from me; last, because all things are to me; from me the beginning, to me the end. First, because I am the cause of origin; last, because I am the judge and the end” (cited by Trench).