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21. οἱ λοιποί. They are not, at least at once, consigned to the same eternal torment as their leaders; but see Rev 14:10, Rev 20:15.
ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ τοῦ καθημένου. None of His followers have need to bear part in the battle: indeed they seem to bear no arms, Rev 19:14. Compare the grand passage of St Chrysostom, in his 24th Homily on the Epistle to the Romans (on Rev 13:12), already partly quoted on Rev 19:11. “What then, is there no necessity for thee to fight? Yea, needful is it to fight, yet not to be distressed and toil. For it is not in fact war, but a solemn dance and feast day; such is the nature of the arms, such the power of the Commander.” The victory is so plainly designated as one to be gained by purely spiritual means, that it is by no means certain that the armies to be overthrown are to be understood of an actual military confederacy. More probably, the confederacy of the powers of the world, under the leadership of Antichrist, will be primarily intellectual and spiritual.