Revelation Chapter 7 verse 13 Holy Bible
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, These that are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and whence came they?
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And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?
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And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These who are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they?
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And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
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One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?"
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And answer did one of the elders, saying to me, `These, who have been arrayed with the white robes -- who are they, and whence came they?'
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Revelation 7 : 13 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - And one of the elders answered. The elder speaks because he is typical of the Church, concerning which the exposition which he delivers is to be made (see on Revelation 4:4). Where an explanation is made of visions which refer to the Church, the active part is taken by the elders, while angels introduce visions of which the signification is unexplained (cf. Revelation 5:2; Revelation 7:1, 2; Revelation 8; Revelation 10:1, 3, etc.; and Revelation 5:5). Saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? The elder questions that he may teach (Bede).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) And one of the elders answered, saying unto me.--The seer had asked no question, but the elder answers the wondering thoughts and questionings which fill his mind. Perhaps this scene was in Dante's mind when he described himself in Paradise:"Silent was I, yet desireWas painted in my looks; and thus I spakeMy wish more earnestly than language could."--Paradiso, iv. 10-12.The elder asks the question which he knows St. John would fain ask. These who are clothed in white robes, who are they, and whence came they? The question brings the white robes into prominence. Is it, as has been suggested, that the wonder of the seer is excited more by the emblem of holiness and innocence than anything else? He recognises the multitudes as men and women out of every nation and tribe of sinful humanity, and he sees them clothed in the garb of holiness. Who are these countless throngs of holy ones?
