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Arrayed (peribeblēmenos). Perfect passive participle of periballō, to clothe, often in this book.
In a garment (himation). Accusative case after the passive participle peribeblēmenos.
Sprinkled (rerantismenon). Perfect passive participle of rantizō, in the predicate accusative case agreeing with himation. A Q here read bebammenon (perfect passive participle of baptō, to dip). Probably rerantismenon (sprinkled) is correct, because the picture comes from Isa 63:3, where Aquila and Symmachus use rantizō. The use of bebammenon (dipped) is a bolder figure and Charles considers it correct. In either case it is the blood of Christ’s enemies with which his raiment (himation, perhaps a chlamus Mat 27:28, Mat 27:31) is sprinkled or dipped as the case may be, not his own blood on Calvary (Rev 1:5; Rev 5:9; Rev 7:14; Rev 12:11), but proleptically and prophetically the blood of Christ’s enemies. Haimati can be either locative case with bebammenon (dipped in blood) or instrumental with rerantismenon (sprinkled with blood).
The Word of God (ho Logos tou theou). Some scholars hold this addition inconsistent with Rev 19:12, but it may be merely the explanation of the secret name or still another name besides that known only to himself. The personal use of the Logos applied to Christ occurs only in the Johannine writings unless that is the idea in Heb 4:12. In Joh 1:1, Joh 1:14 it is merely ho Logos (the Word), in 1Jo 1:1 ho Logos tēs zōēs (the Word of Life), while here it is ho Logos tou theou (the Word of God), one of the strongest arguments for identity of authorship. The idiom here is one common in Luke and Paul for the teaching of Christ (Luk 5:1; Luk 8:11, etc.; 1Co 14:36; 2Co 2:17, etc.). Jesus is himself the final and perfect revelation of God to men (Heb 1:1.).