141So CℵA 1611 2053 and the majority. p47 P 1854 copsa read a lamb
14: 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heard was as the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
14: 3 and they sing142 a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders: and no man could learn the song save the hundred forty-four thousand, even they that had been purchased out of the earth.
142So p47,115?ℵ 1611 2053 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., syrh. But CA f 1006 vg syrph cop add as it were
14: 4 These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be a firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.
14: 5 And in their mouth was found no lie: they are without blemish.143
143296 2049 virtually alone add before the throne of God
14: 6 And I saw 144another angel flying in mid heaven, having 145eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that 146sit on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people;
144So (p115)CA 1611 2053 vg syr. p47ℵ* and the majority of lesser Gk. mss. read an angel
145Or, an eternal gospel
146Or. dwell (sit possibly also implies judgeship)
14: 7 and he saith with a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is come: and 147worship him that made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.
147See marginal note on ch. 3:9. Also for vss. 9, 11.
14: 8 And 148another angel, a second, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
148So (C) 1611 2053 P 2344 cop. A 2329 MK read another, a second angel, p47ℵ* 1854 f 1006 syrph read another, a second vg eth read another angel
14: 9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, If any man worshippeth the beast and his image, and receiveth a mark on his forehead, or upon his hand,
14: 10 he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is 149prepared undiluted in the cup of his anger; and he shall be put to the test with fire and brimstone in the sight of the holy angels, and in the sight of the Lamb:
149Gk. mingled
14: 11 and the smoke of their trial goeth up 150for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of its name.
150Gk. unto the ages of the ages; (Unlike elsewhere)
14: 12 Here is the 151patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
151Or, stedfastness or, endurance
14: 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: 152Yes, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
152So CA 1611 f 1006 vg syr. 2329 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read the Spirit saith, Yes, 2053 almost alone reads and the Spirit saith, p47ℵ (eth) read the Spirit saith,
14: 14 And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud I saw one sitting like unto a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
14: 15 And another angel came out from the 153temple, crying with a great voice to him that sitteth on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle, and reap: for the hour to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is 154ripe.
153Gk. ναος, temple house, or, sanctuary, And similarly in vs. 17.
154Gk. become dry.
14: 16 And he that sitteth on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.
14: 17 And another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
14: 18 And another angel 155calleth out from the altar, he that hath authority over the fire; and he called with a great voice to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
155Or, came forth out from the altar, he that So p47 (A) 1611 2053 (vg). But ℵ f 1006 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., (syr) cop read came forth out from the altar, he that C 2329 (eth) read came forth out from the altar, the one that
14: 19 And the angel cast his sickle into the earth, and gathered the 156vine of the earth, and cast it into the winepress, the great winepress, of the wrath of God.
156Or, grape-clusters of the earth,
14: 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even unto the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand six hundred 157furlongs.
157Gk. stadia. 606¾ feet each. So Thayer’s lexicon.
