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Revelation 7 Literal Standard Version

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1 And after these things I saw four messengers, standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind may not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree; 2 and I saw another messenger going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he cried with a great voice to the four messengers, to whom it was given to injure the land and the sea, saying, 3 “Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we may seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.” 4 And I heard the number of those sealed—one hundred forty-four thousand, having been sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: 5 of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed; 6 of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed; 7 of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed; 8 of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed; of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed. 9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no one was able to number, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, having been clothed [in] white robes, and palms in their hands, 10 and crying with a great voice, saying, “Salvation to our God, the [One] sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen! The blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honor, and the power, and the strength, [are] to our God through the ages of the ages! Amen!” 13 And one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These having been clothed with the white robes, who are they, and from where have they come?” 14 And I have said to him, “Lord, you have known”; and he said to me, “These are those who are coming out of the Great Tribulation, and they washed their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb; 15 because of this they are before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His temple, and He who is sitting on the throne will dwell over them; 16 they will not hunger anymore, nor may the sun fall on them, nor any heat, 17 because the Lamb that [is] in the midst of the throne will feed them, and will lead them to living fountains of waters, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Cross references (16)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Matthew 24:31; Daniel 7:2; Jeremiah 49:36; Mark 13:27; Daniel 8:8
  2. 2 Ephesians 4:30; 2 Corinthians 1:22; Revelation 7:3–8; Revelation 9:4; Ephesians 1:13
  3. 3 Ezekiel 9:4; Revelation 22:4; Revelation 9:4; Revelation 13:16; Exodus 12:13
  4. 4 Revelation 14:1; Revelation 14:3; Luke 22:30; Matthew 19:28; Acts 26:7
  5. 5 Exodus 1:2–4; Numbers 13:4–16; Numbers 10:14–27; Numbers 1:4–15; 1 Corinthians 2:1–2
  6. 6 Luke 2:36
  7. 7 Genesis 35:23; Numbers 26:14; Genesis 29:34; Numbers 1:22; Genesis 49:5
  8. 9 Revelation 5:9; John 12:13; Psalm 117:1–2; Revelation 7:13–15; Psalm 2:8
  9. 10 Revelation 19:1; Psalm 3:8; Isaiah 45:21; Revelation 12:10; Ephesians 2:8
  10. 11 Revelation 5:11–13; Revelation 19:4–6; Revelation 4:6; Revelation 4:10; Hebrews 1:6
  11. 12 Revelation 5:12–14; Jude 25; Colossians 3:17; Psalm 100:4; Revelation 19:4
  12. 13 Revelation 7:9; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 5:11; Revelation 5:5; John 7:28
  13. 14 1 John 1:7; Revelation 22:14; Hebrews 13:12; Revelation 1:5; Revelation 12:11
  14. 15 Revelation 21:3–4; Revelation 22:3; Isaiah 4:5–6; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Hebrews 12:2
  15. 16 Isaiah 49:10; Matthew 5:6; John 4:14; Psalm 121:6; Luke 6:21
  16. 17 John 7:37–38; Psalm 36:8–9; John 4:14; Psalm 23:1–2; John 4:11

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 7:4 Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine (Book III, Chapters 35–36)

    … which the Church is a sojourner among aliens); or when multiplied into themselves, as ten into ten gives one hundred, and twelve into twelve gives one hundred and forty-four, which last number is used in the Apocalypse to signify the whole body of the saints. Hence it appears that it is not merely questions about times that are to be …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  2. Quotes verse 7:9 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon LXI)

    The Apocalypse hath this written; "After this I beheld of all languages, and nations, and tribes, a great multitude, which no man can number, coming with white robes and palms." This is the mass of the saints.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)