14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;



Ver. 14. White like wool] Noting his antiquity, or rather his eternity and unspeakable purity. Thales, one of the heathen sages, called God ðñåóâõôáôïí ôùí ïíôùí , the most ancient of beings. (Diog. Laert.)



As a flame of fire] Sharp and terrible, such as pierce into the inward parts, Heb_4:13. {See Trapp on "Heb_4:13"} The school of nature teacheth, that the fiery eye needeth not outward light; that seeth extra mittendo, by sending out a ray, &c.