Revelation 19:13

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
he	περιβεβλημένος peribeblēmenos	G4016	to throw all around · verb — perfect middle participle, nominative singular masculine
with	περιβάλλω peribállō	G4016	to throw all around
vesture	ἱμάτιον himation	G2440	a dress (inner or outer) · noun — accusative singular neuter
dipped	βεβαμμένον bebammenon	G911	to whelm · verb — perfect passive participle, accusative singular neuter
blood	αἵματι, aimati	G129	blood · noun — dative singular neuter
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
his	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
name	ὄνομα onoma	G3686	a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority · noun — nominative singular neuter
called	κέκληται keklētai	G2564	to "call" (properly · verb — perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular
Word	λόγος logos	G3056	something said (including the thought) · noun — nominative singular masculine
God	θεοῦ. theou	G2316	figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Isaiah 63:1-6 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his…
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace a…
Psalms 58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Revelation 14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand…
1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have hand…
Isaiah 9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
Isaiah 34:3-8 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 19:11–end

No sooner was the marriage solemnized between Christ and his church by the conversion of the Jews than the glorious head and husband of the church is called out to a new expedition, which seems to be the great battle that was to be fought at Armageddon, foretold Rev 16:16. And here observe, I. The description of the great Commander, 1. By the seat of his empire; and that is heaven; his throne is there, and his power and authority are heavenly and divine. 2. His equipage: he is again described as sitting on a white horse, to show the equity of the cause, and certainty of success. 3. His attributes: he is faithful and true to his covenant and promise, he is righteous in all his judicial and mi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 19:13

vesture dipped in blood-- Isa 63:2 is alluded to here, and in Rev 19:15, end. There the blood is not His own, but that of His foes. So here the blood on His "vesture," reminding us of His own blood shed for even the ungodly who trample on it, is a premonition of the shedding of their blood in righteous retribution. He sheds the blood, not of the godly, as the harlot and beast did, but of the blood-stained ungodly, including them both. The Word of God--who made the world, is He also who under the same character and attributes shall make it anew. His title, Son of God, is applicable in a lower sense, also to His people; but "the Word of God" indicates His incommunicable Godhead, joined to Hi…

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Adam Clarke on Revelation 19:13

He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood - To show that he was just come from recent slaughter. The description is taken from Isa 63:2, Isa 63:3, where Judas Maccabeus, or some other conqueror, is described. The Word of God - Written in the Targum, and in other Jewish writings, מימרא דיי meimera daiya, "the word of Jehovah;" by which they always mean a person, and not a word spoken. See the notes on Joh 1:1, etc.

John Gill

The Church Fathers

He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood. The robe of Christ should be understood according to the context. Here, it seems to indicate the very work of the passion, so that on the white horse signifies the incorruptible birth, and in the blood-stained robe, the innocent death.
— Bede, Commentary on Revelation

How is it that he who is without name and is unknown to all is here named "Word"? This is either to demonstrate his filial personhood and his impassible generation from the Father, just as our speech comes from our minds [impassibly], or his name suggests that he bears within himself the causes of all things, or that he is the interpreter of the wisdom and power of the Father.
— Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:13

He says he was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood; for in the vision the Lord also bore the symbols of the Passion and showed the all-holy body stained only with his precious blood. And his name is called the Word of God. Do you see how, fleeing the divine name in the heavens above, the vision has now set a nominative in its place, saying "the Word of God"?
— Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Antichrist — Against Christ, or an opposition Christ, a rival Christ. The word is used only by the apostle John. Referring to false teachers, he says (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7), “Even now are there many…
Songs — Of Moses (Ex. 15; Num. 21:17; Deut. 32; Rev. 15:3), Deborah (Judg. 5), Hannah (1 Sam. 2), David (2 Sam. 22, and Psalms), Mary (Luke 1:46-55), Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79), the angels (Luke 2:13), Simeon…
Word, The — (Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 19:13). As such, Christ is the revealer of God. His office is to make God known. “No man…
Astronomy · SI — SI
Horse · SYMBOLI — SYMBOLI
Titles And Names Of Christ · Word of God — Word of God
Word · A title of Jesus — A title of Jesus

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).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 19:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 19:13

Adam Clarke on Revelation 19:13

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 19:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 19:13

Adam Clarke on Revelation 19:13

John Gill

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Revelation 19:13