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He cometh with clouds (ἔρχεται μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν)
The clouds are frequently used in the descriptions of the Lord's second coming. See Dan 7:13; Mat 24:30; Mat 26:64; Mar 14:62. Compare the manifestation of God in the clouds at Sinai, in the cloudy pillar, the Shekinah, at the transfiguration, and see Psa 97:2; Psa 18:11; Nah 1:3; Isa 19:1.
Shall see (ὄψεται)
The verb denotes the physical act, but emphasizes the mental discernment accompanying it, and points to the result rather than to the act of vision. See on Joh 1:18. Appropriate here as indicating the quickened spiritual discernment engendered by the Lord's appearing, in those who have rejected Him, and who now mourn for their folly and sin.
They which (οἵτινες)
The compound relative describes a class. See on Mat 13:52; see on Mat 21:41; see on Mar 12:18.
Pierced (ἐξεκέντησαν)
See on Joh 19:34, and compare Zec 12:10; Joh 19:36. The expression here refers not to the Jews only, but to all who reject the Son of Man; those who “in any age have identified themselves with the Spirit of the Savior's murderers” (Milligan). The passage is justly cited as a strong evidence that the author of the Gospel is also the author of Revelation.
Kindreds (φυλαὶ)
More correctly, tribes. The word used of the true Israel in Rev 5:5; Rev 7:4-8; Rev 21:12. As the tribes of Israel are the figure by which the people of God, Jew or Gentile, are represented, so unbelievers are here represented as tribes, “the mocking counterpart of the true Israel of God.” Compare Mat 24:30, Mat 24:31.
Shall wail because of Him (κόψονται ἐπ' αὐτὸν)
Rev., better, shall mourn over Him. Lit., shall beat their breasts. See on Mat 11:17.