Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Cast (ebalen). As in verse Revelation 14:16.
Gathered (etrughsen). Like eqerisqh in verse Revelation 14:16, in obedience to the instructions in verse Revelation 14:18 (trughson).
The vintage of the earth (thn ampelon thv ghv). "The vine of the earth." Here ampelov is used for the enemies of Christ collectively pictured.
And cast it (ebalen). Repeating ebalen and referring to ampelon (vintage) just before.
Into the winepress the great winepress (eiv thn lhnon ton megan). Lhnov is either feminine as in verse Revelation 14:20; Revelation 19:15, or masculine sometimes in ancient Greek. Here we have both genders, a solecism frequent in the Apocalypse (Revelation 21:14 to teixov exwn). See Matthew 21:33. For this metaphor of God s wrath see Revelation 14:10; Revelation 15:1, Revelation 15:7; Revelation 16:1, Revelation 16:19; Revelation 19:15.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Revelation 1:7
Revelation 8:5
Revelation 14:17
Revelation 19:15
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