Heinrich Meyer Commentary - Revelation 13:9 - 13:10

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Rev_13:9-10. This consolatory assurance is expressly urged as one extremely important.[3333]

ΕἼ ΤΙς ΕἸς ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΣΊΑΝ , ΕἸς ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΣΊΑΝ . The jus talionis is exercised by the righteous judgment of God.[3334] The brevity of the elliptical expression corresponds very well with the immutability of the strict sentence, in case the second ΕἸς ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΣΊΑΝ stands without further definition.[3335]

On the two kinds of persecution, cf. Rev_2:10; Rev_2:13, Rev_6:10, Rev_11:7. Volkm. regards the threat of the sword as directed against Nero. But how is it conceivable if Rev_13:3 refers, according to Volkmar’s interpretation, to Nero?

ὠδε ἐστι ἡ ὑπομονή , κ . τ . λ . The formula ὦδε ἐστιν is in itself so indefinite that it can express both gradations of the idea: “Here must the patience, the wisdom,[3336] of believers be displayed,”[3337] and “Here patience is present, here lies its foundation and source.” In this passage, and Rev_14:12, the latter idea results from the connection; by the ὠδε , κ . τ . λ ., an allusion is made to what has just been said, Rev_13:10, yea already in Rev_13:8; viz., to that in which the patience of the saints consists, who by their faith lay hold of that divine consolation. Otherwise, Rev_13:18; Rev_17:9.

[3333] Rev_13:9. Cf. Rev_2:7; Rev_2:11.

[3334] Cf. Rev_18:6, Rev_19:2.

[3335] ὑπάγει , Rev_17:8. See Critical Notes.

[3336] Rev_13:18; Rev_17:9.

[3337] De Wette, Hengstenb.

NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR

LXXII. Rev_13:8. ἀπὸ κατβαολῆς κόσμου

In favor of the translation in our A. V., is the distance of this clause from the γέγραπται . 1Pe_1:19-20, Joh_17:24, are sometimes cited as supporting “slain from the foundation;” but the shade of meaning there expressed is different. Rev_17:8 seems to be decisive in favor of the construction advocated by Düsterdieck; and it has, on the basis of this passage, been adopted by the American section of the committee on the R. V.