Revelation 14:16

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
he	ὁ ho	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — nominative singular masculine
sat	καθήμενος kathēmenos	G2521	and (to sit · verb — present middle or passive deponent participle, nominative singular masculine
on	ἐπὶ epi	G1909	properly · preposition
cloud	νεφέλης nephelēs	G3507	properly · noun — genitive singular feminine
thrust	ἔβαλεν ebalen	G906	to throw (in various applications · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
his	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
sickle	δρέπανον drepanon	G1407	a gathering hook (especially for harvesting) · noun — accusative singular neuter
on	ἐπὶ epi	G1909	properly · preposition
earth	γῆν, gēn	G1093	soil · noun — accusative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
earth	γῆ.¶ gē	G1093	soil · noun — nominative singular feminine
reaped	ἐθερίσθη etheristhē	G2325	to harvest · verb — aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular

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Cross-references

Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Revelation 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his h…
Revelation 14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of…
Revelation 16:1-21 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the ea…
John 5:22-23 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 14:13–end

Here we have the vision of the harvest and vintage, introduced with a solemn preface. Observe, I. The preface, Rev 14:13. Here note, 1. Whence this prophecy about the harvest came: it came down from heaven, and not from men, and therefore it is of certain truth and great authority. 2. How it was to be preserved and published - by writing; it was to be a matter of record, that the people of God might have recourse to it for their support and comfort upon all occasions. 3. What it principally intended, and that is, to show the blessedness of all the faithful saints and servants of God, both in death and after death: Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth, etc. Here observe,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 14:16

thrust in--Greek, "cast."

Adam Clarke on Revelation 14:16

The earth was reaped - The judgments were executed. But where, or on whom, who can tell?

John Gill on Revelation 14:16

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth,.... He put forth, and made use of that power which he had in his hand, in answer to the entreaty of the angel, the time being fully come which was fixed for this great event: and the earth was reaped; and the harvest of it was got in; reaping and harvest sometimes are used in an ill sense, and design the wrath of God, and his judgments inflicted upon men; see Isaiah 17:5. Hence some think, that both this and the vintage following intend the judgments of God upon antichrist, and that they are contemporary with the pouring out of the fifth and sixth vials upon the beast and his followers; and the rather, since the destruction of…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Revelation 14:15-18

The Church Fathers

That the foundation and strength of hope and faith is fear. In the cxth Psalm: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Of the same thing in the Wisdom of Solomon: "The beginning of wisdom is to fear God." Also in the Proverbs of the same: "Blessed is the man who reverences all things with fear." Of the same thing [in Isaiah: "And upon whom else will I look, except upon him that is lowly and peaceful, and that trembleth at my words? " Of this same thing in Genesis: "And the angel of the Lord called him from heaven, and said unto him, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest thy God, and hast not spared thy beloved son for my sake." Also in the second Psalm: "Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto Him in trembling." Also in Deuteronomy, the word of God to Moses: "Call the people together to me, and let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they themselves shall live upon the earth." Also in Jeremiah: "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perfect upon the house of Israel, and in the house of Judah, a new covenant: not according to the covenant that I had ordered with their fathers in the day when I laid hold of their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; because they have not abode in my covenant, and I have been unmindful of them, saith the Lord; because this is the covenant which I will ordain for the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will give my law, and will write it in their mind and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to me for a people. And they shall not teach every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord because all shall know me, from the least even to the greatest of them: because I will be favourable to their iniquities, and their sins I will not remember any more. If the heaven should be lifted up on high, saith the Lord, and if the earth should be made low from beneath, yet I will not cast away the people of Israel, saith the Lord, for all the things which they have done. Behold, I will gather them together from every land in which I have scattered them in anger, and in my fury, and in great indignation; and I will grind them down into that place, and I will leave them in fear; and they shall be to me for a people, and I will be to them for a…
— Cyprian, Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

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Dictionary and topics

Reaping · Illustrative of: The judgments of God on the antichristian world — Illustrative of: The judgments of God on the antichristian world
Sickle · .Of the — .Of the

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).