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I said (εἴρηκα)
Lit., I have said. Rev., renders by the present, I say. See on cried, Joh 1:15.
Sir (κύριε)
Add μου my, and render, as Rev., my Lord. An address of reverence as to a heavenly being. See on Mat 21:3.
Which came (οἱ ἐρχόμενοι)
The present participle. Hence, as Rev., which come.
Out of great tribulation (ἐκ τῆς θλίψεως τῆς μεγάλης)
Lit., out of the tribulation, the great (tribulation). Rev., properly, gives the force of the article, “the great.” See on Mat 13:21.
Have washed (ἔπλυναν)
The aorist tense. Rev., correctly, they washed. Only here and Luk 5:2, on which see note. For the New Testament words for washing, see on Act 16:33.
Made them white
Compare Isa 1:18; Psa 51:7; Mar 9:3. Milligan remarks that robes are the expression of character, and compares the word habit used of dress.