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Rev 19:9. Γράψον) The Apparatus makes mention of the MSS. which omit this word. Among them are the first editions of Erasmus, which Luther followed: whence the suspicion of a typographical error in the German Bibles is removed. The more recent editors of the German Bibles have inserted that word.-ἀληθινοὶ, true) A remarkable epithet. It is used by itself in this one passage only of the Apocalypse, as πιστὸς, faithful, of the Witness, ch. Rev 1:5. In other places both are joined. The faithful and true witness, ch. Rev 3:14 Faithful and true, put absolutely, ch. Rev 19:11. Then, Faithful and true words, ch. Rev 21:5, Rev 22:6. In other places another epithet is added. Jesus, Holy and true, ch. Rev 3:7. God, the Lord Holy and true, ch. Rev 6:10. Just and true are the ways of God: true and just are His judgments, ch. Rev 15:3, Rev 16:7, Rev 19:2. Where these epithets are used conjointly, God is called Holy, with reference to Himself: faithful and just, with reference to His people, and in the word given to His people: He is called true, in His work, the issue of which, especially in this place, answers to the word which has preceded. Where one epithet only is used, as Faithful, at the beginning of the book, and True, here, about the end, the force of the other is to be understood. And as He Himself is, so are His words, and ways, and judgments.