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Revelation 14 World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)

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1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. 2 I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps. 3 They sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth. 4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb. 5 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless. 6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people. 7 He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!” 8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying, “Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.” 9 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. 12 Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” 13 I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them.” 14 I looked, and saw a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Send your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!” 16 He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped. 17 Another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle. 18 Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth’s grapes are fully ripe!” 19 The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God. 20 The wine press was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out of the wine press, up to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.

Cross references (20)

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

  1. 1 Joel 2:32; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 7:3–17; Luke 12:8; Hebrews 12:22–24
  2. 2 Revelation 5:8; Ezekiel 43:2; Revelation 1:15; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 15:2
  3. 3 Revelation 5:9; Revelation 15:3; Revelation 14:1; Isaiah 42:10; Psalm 98:1
  4. 4 2 Corinthians 11:2; Revelation 3:4; James 1:18; John 12:26; John 10:27
  5. 5 Ephesians 5:27; Psalm 32:2; Zephaniah 3:13; John 1:47; 1 Peter 3:10
  6. 6 Mark 16:15; Revelation 8:13; Ephesians 3:9–11; Psalm 139:24; Isaiah 51:8
  7. 7 Exodus 20:11; Revelation 15:4; Nehemiah 9:6; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 11:18
  8. 8 Isaiah 21:9; Jeremiah 51:7–8; Revelation 18:2–3; Revelation 16:19; Revelation 11:8
  9. 9 Revelation 14:11; Revelation 14:6–8; Jeremiah 44:4; Revelation 13:3–6; Revelation 13:11–17
  10. 10 Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 16:19; Psalm 75:8; Psalm 11:6; Jeremiah 25:15–17
  11. 11 Isaiah 34:10; Revelation 19:3; Matthew 25:46; Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10
  12. 12 Revelation 13:10; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 3:8; 2 Timothy 4:7
  13. 13 Revelation 20:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; 2 Timothy 4:7–8; Hebrews 4:9–11; 1 Corinthians 15:58
  14. 14 Daniel 7:13; Isaiah 19:1; Revelation 1:13; Psalm 21:3; Matthew 17:5
  15. 15 Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29; Matthew 13:39; Jeremiah 51:33; Revelation 14:18
  16. 16 Matthew 16:27; Revelation 14:19; Revelation 14:14; Revelation 16:1–21; John 5:22–23
  17. 17 Revelation 16:1; Revelation 14:14–15; Revelation 15:5–6; Revelation 14:18
  18. 18 Joel 3:13; Revelation 16:8; Revelation 6:9–10; Revelation 14:15–16
  19. 19 Deuteronomy 32:32–33; Revelation 19:15–21
  20. 20 Lamentations 1:15; Hebrews 13:11–12; Revelation 19:14–21; Isaiah 63:1–3; Revelation 11:8

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).

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“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 14:13 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XX, Chapter 9)

    And therefore in another part of this same book we read, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth and now, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works do follow them." The Church, then, begins its reign with Christ now in the living and in the dead.

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