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Revelation 14 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Revelation 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Revelation 14 in the Greek

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Count KJV renderings
δρέπανον drépanon G1407 7 sickle
φωνή phōnḗ G5456 9 noise, sound, voice
γῆ G1093 9 country, earth, ground, land
ἄγγελος ángelos G32 7 angel, messenger
μέγας mégas G3173 7 exceedingly, great, high, large
ἄλλος állos G243 6 more, one, other
ὀξύς oxýs G3691 4 sharp, swift

How preachers through history handled this text

12 public-domain excerpts on Revelation 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 5 Matthew Henry 4 Jonathan Edwards 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“After an account of the great trials and sufferings which the servants of God had endured, we have now a more pleasant scene opening; the day begins now to dawn, and here we have represented, I. The Lord Jesus at the head of his faithful followers, ver. 1-5. II. Three angels sent successively to proclaim the fall of Babylon and the things antecedent and consequent to so great an event, ver. 6-13. III. The vision of the harvest, ver. 14, &c. The Lamb and His Attendants. (a. d. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 6 (Acts to Revelation), on Revelation 14:1–200 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Mount Zion — Rev 14:1
  • Babylon 3 — Rev 14:8

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