Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The song of Moses (thn wdhn tou Mwusewv). Exodus 14:31; Exo. 15:1-19. A song of victory like that of Moses after crossing the Red Sea.
And the song of the Lamb (thn wdhn tou arniou). A separate note of victory like that of Moses, though one song, not two. Charles finds it impossible to reconcile the two expressions, if genuine, but it is a needless objection. The words come from the O.T.: "great" (megala) from Psalms 111:2, "wonderful" (qaumasta) from Psalms 139:14, "O Lord God the Almighty" (Kurie o qeov o pantokratwr) from Amos 4:13 (Revelation 4:8), "righteous and true" (dikaiai kai alhqinai) from Deuteronomy 32:4, "Thou King of the ages" (o basileuv twn aiwnwn) like Jeremiah 10:10; 1 Timothy 1:17. Some MSS. have "the king of the saints" and some "the king of the nations," like Jeremiah 10:7. John thus combines in Hebraic tone the expressions of the old and the new in the song to the Glorified Messiah.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Revelation 1:6
Revelation 1:8
Revelation 14:3
Revelation 15:2
Revelation 16:5
Revelation 16:7
Revelation 19:2
Revelation 19:6
Revelation 19:11
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