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**pure.** The texts omit.
**water of life.** i.e. living water.
**life.** App-170 .
**out of.** App-104 .
**throne.** The throne of the great Priest-King ([Zechariah 6:13](../../../kjv/zechariah/6/13) ) of the "thousand years" now gives place to the glorious "throne of God and of the Lamb", for God is now "all in all". Contrast [Ezekiel 47:1-11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/1-11) , where the river proceeds from the "house" associated with the altar; here, from the throne.
**God.** App-98 .

**In.** App-104 .
**tree.** Greek. *xulon.* Here, verses: [Revelation 22:14](../../../kjv/revelation/22/14) , [Revelation 22:19](../../../kjv/revelation/22/19) , [Revelation 22:7](../../../kjv/revelation/22/7) , and [Luke 23:31](../../../kjv/luke/23/31) , the only occs. of the word as used of *living* wood.
**which bare** = bearing.
**and yielded** = yielding.
**every month.** Literally according to ( App-104 .) each month.
**for.** App-104 .
**healing.** In [Ezekiel 47:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/47/12) is the Divine provision for preserving and restoring *he* alth. Here, the fruits are for the enjoyment of the citizens of the new Jerusalem, and the "leaves" for the healing (health and "haleness") of *the nations.* For the former things having "passed away", there will be no sickness there ([Revelation 21:4](../../../kjv/revelation/21/4) ).

**no more** = no ( App-105 ) longer.
**curse.** Greek. *katanathema,* or with the texts, *katathema,* an accursed thing. Compare [Zechariah 14:11](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/11) (Septuagint *anathema)* .
**but** = and.
**servants.** App-190 .
**serve.** App-187 and App-190 .

**see.** App-106 .
**in** = upon. Greek. *epi.*

**there.** The texts read "longer".
**candle.** App-130 .
**neither.** Literally and.
**light.** App-130 .
**the.** Omit.
**shall reign, &c.** Compare the reign of the saints with Messiah for 1,000 years and the reign here with God "for ever and ever".
**for ever and ever.** App-151 . a. The last of the twenty-one ( App-10 ) Occurs in N.T. (fourteen in Rev.) of the full phrase.

**he.** i.e. the angel of [Revelation 1:1](../../../kjv/revelation/1/1) .
**unto** = to.
**sayings** = words. App-121 .
**faithful.** App-150 .
**true.** App-175 .
**the Lord God.** As [Revelation 22:5](../../../kjv/revelation/22/5) .
**God** = the God
**of . . . prophets.** The texts read "of the spirits ( App-101 .) of the prophets" ( App-189 ).
**sent.** App-174 .
**shortly.** As [Revelation 1:1](../../../kjv/revelation/1/1) . Note Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ) in verses: [Revelation 22:1-6](../../../kjv/revelation/22/1-6) .

**Behold.** The texts read "And behold" ( App-183 .:2).
**quickly.** Greek. *tachu* . The words of the angel pass into the words of Christ; see verses: [Revelation 22:12](../../../kjv/revelation/22/12) , [Revelation 22:20](../../../kjv/revelation/22/20) , [Revelation 22:11](../../../kjv/revelation/22/11) . Compare [Revelation 1:7](../../../kjv/revelation/1/7) and [Revelation 22:16](../../../kjv/revelation/22/16) below.
**blessed.** The forty-ninth occurance of *makarios* in N.T.
**keepeth.** See [John 17:6](../../../kjv/john/17/6) .

**saw, &c.** The texts read "am he that heard and saw these things".
**saw.** App-133 .
**had.** Omit.
**seen** = saw, as above.
**worship.** App-137 .

**Then** = And.
**See, &c.** Compare [Revelation 19:10](../../../kjv/revelation/19/10) .
**for.** The texts omit.
**fellowservant.** As [Revelation 6:11](../../../kjv/revelation/6/11) ; [Revelation 19:10](../../../kjv/revelation/19/10) . Compare App-190 .
**prophets.** App-189 .

**time.** Greek. *kairos.* See [Revelation 1:3](../../../kjv/revelation/1/3) and App-195 .

**unjust** = unrighteous. Pres. part, of Greek. *adikeo* : everywhere in Rev. except here rend. "hurt". See [Revelation 2:11](../../../kjv/revelation/2/11) and compare App-128 .
**let . . . unjust** = let him act unrighteously. Aor. tense.
**filthy** = morally defiled. Greek. *rhupoo.* Only here. Compare [James 1:21](../../../kjv/james/1/21) *(rhuiparia)* and [1 Peter 3:21](../../../kjv/1-peter/3/21) *(rhupos).* The texts, however, read here *rhuparos rhupantheto.*
**righteous.** App-191 .
**be righteous.** The texts read "do (or work) righteousness" ( App-191 .)
**be holy.** Greek. *hagiazo.* Only occurrence of the verb in Rev. In N.T. almost invariably "sanctify". Note Figure of speech *Epistrophe* ( App-6 ) in this verse.

**And.** The texts omit.
**with.** App-104 .
**every man** = each one.
**according.** Omit.
**shall be.** The texts read "is".

**Alpha, &c.** See [Revelation 1:8](../../../kjv/revelation/1/8) .

**Blessed.** Greek. *makarios.* Fiftieth ( App-10 ) and last occurance in N.T. Compare the forty-two occs. of the Hebrew equivalent, *'ashrey,* the first in [Deuteronomy 33:29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/29) (Happy).
**do His commandments.** The texts read "wash their robes", but it is probable that the reading of the Received Text is correct. It is a question of *reading* in the original MSS., and not of *translation* .
**that** = in order that. Greek. *hina.*
**right.** App-172 .
**to** = over. App-104 .
**through** = by. No preposition.
**into.** App-104 .

Figure of speech *Synecdoche* of Species ( App-6 ) in this verse.
**For.** The texts omit.
**dogs.** The word "dog" appears in Phoenician remains, as applied to a class of servants attached to a temple of Ashtoreth in Cyprus.
**loveth.** App-135 .
**lie.** Compare [Revelation 21:27](../../../kjv/revelation/21/27) .

**I.** The Lord Himself speaks.
**Jesus.** App-98 .
**have sent** = sent. App-174 .
**testify.** See p. 1611.
**in.** Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**churches.** See [Revelation 1:4](../../../kjv/revelation/1/4) and App-186 . The "assemblies" of [Revelation 6](../../../kjv/revelation/6) and [Revelation 8](../../../kjv/revelation/8) specifically, during the fulfillment of "the prophecy of this book".
**Offspring.** Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species). App-6 . See [Acts 17:28](../../../kjv/acts/17/28) .
**David.** See [Revelation 3:7](../../../kjv/revelation/3/7) ; [Revelation 5:5](../../../kjv/revelation/5/5) .
**and, and.** Omit.
**morning** = the morning. Greek. *orthrinos,* only here. The texts read *ho pro'inos,* as [Revelation 2:28](../../../kjv/revelation/2/28) .
**Star.** Greek. *aster.* Fourteenth and last occurance in Rev. See App-197 . Compare [Numbers 24:17](../../../kjv/numbers/24/17) .

This verse illustrates the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton.* App-6 .
**Spirit.** App-101 .
**bride.** Greek. *numphe.* See [Revelation 21:9](../../../kjv/revelation/21/9) .
**And.** The texts omit.
**whosoever will.** Literally the one willing
**will.** App-102 .
**freely.** See [Revelation 21:6](../../../kjv/revelation/21/6) .

**For.** Omit.
**I.** The texts read I (emphatic).
**testify.** As [Revelation 22:16](../../../kjv/revelation/22/16) , with the texts.
**every man** = every one.
**words.** App-121 .
**any man** = any one. App-123 .
**these things.** The texts read "them".
**unto.** Greek. *epi* , as above.

**takeaway.** Greek. *aphaireo.* Only here in Rev. Compare [Hebrews 10:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/4) .
**out of.** Same as "from" above.
**book of life.** The texts read "tree of life". With the last two verses: compare [Deuteronomy 4:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/2) ; [Deuteronomy 12:32](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/32) .[Proverbs 30:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/5) , [Proverbs 30:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/6) . [Galatians 1:1](../../../kjv/galatians/1/1) , [Galatians 1:8](../../../kjv/galatians/1/8) .
**and . . . thing?** . The texts omit.

**quickly.** Greek. *tachu,* as verses: [Revelation 22:7](../../../kjv/revelation/22/7) , [Revelation 22:12](../../../kjv/revelation/22/12) . The seventh and last solemn warning by the Lord Himself, in Rev., of His coming. It is the one great subject of the whole book, which is all prophecy. Amen. See [Revelation 3:14](../../../kjv/revelation/3/14) and [2 Corinthians 1:20](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/1/20) .
**Even so.** The texts omit; and link "Amen" with John's response, as Revised Version.
**LORD.** App-98 . The use of the word "Lord" shows the utterance to be John's. None of His people, when He was on earth, were ever so irreverent as to *address* Him as "Jesus",

**grace, &c.** See [Revelation 1:4](../../../kjv/revelation/1/4) .
**our.** The texts read "the".
**Christ.** Most texts omit.
**you all.** Many texts read "all the saints".

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