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Revelation 19:13

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

KJV

καὶ περιβεβλημένος ἱμάτιον περιρεραμμένον αἵματι, καὶ κέκληται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ.

Greek NT

Et vestitus erat veste aspersa sanguine : et vocatur nomen ejus : Verbum Dei.

Vulgate

And he is arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

ASV

And he was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood. And his name is called: THE WORD OF GOD.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
περιβάλλω
periballo
verb · 23×
ἱμάτιον
imation
noun · 59×
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ῥαντίζω
rantizo
verb · 5×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Isa 63:1 · allusion
    "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 strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save."
    Isaiah: garments stained from Bozrah — a robe dipped in blood

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: βεβαμμένον | Treg/NIV/RP: βεβαμμένον | WH: ῤεραντισμένον
  • βεβαμμένονSBLGNT
  • βεβαμμένονTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ῤεραντισμένονWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: κέκληται | WH/Treg/NIV: κέκληται | RP: καλεῖται
  • κέκληταιSBLGNT
  • κέκληταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καλεῖταιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 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 handled, of the Word of life;
  • 1John 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 handled, of the Word of life;
  • 1John 5:7 — For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
  • 1John 5:7 — For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
  • Deut 33:7 — And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 34:3 — 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.
  • Isa 63:1 — 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 strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
  • Isa 63:1 — 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 strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
  • Isa 63:2 — Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
  • Isa 63:3 — I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and
  • John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  • John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  • 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 and truth.
  • Ps 58:10 — The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
  • Ps 68:11 — The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
  • Rev 6:15 — And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the m
  • Rev 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 and six hundred furlongs.
  • Zech 9:15 — The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corner
  • Zech 10:4 — Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.