Verš 1
And I saw, and behold, the Lamb was standing above mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.
Zjv 7:4 - And I heard the number of those who were sealed: one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed, out of every tribe of the sons of Israel.
Verš 2
And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of a great thunder. And the voice that I heard was like that of singers, while playing on their stringed instruments.
Zjv 1:15 - and his feet resembled shining brass, just as in a burning furnace; and his voice was like the voice of many waters.
Zjv 5:8 - And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having stringed instruments, as well as golden bowls full of fragrances, which are the prayers of the saints.
Verš 3
And they were singing what seemed like a new canticle before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one was able to recite the canticle, except those one hundred and forty-four thousand, who were redeemed from the earth.
Zjv 5:9 - And they were singing a new canticle, saying: “O Lord, you are worthy to receive the book and to open its seals, because you were slain and have redeemed us for God, by your blood, from every tribe and language and people and nation.
Verš 4
These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are Virgins. These follow the Lamb wherever he will go. These were redeemed from men as the first-fruits for God and for the Lamb.
2Kor 11:2 - For I am jealous toward you, with the jealousy of God. And I have espoused you to one husband, offering you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Verš 5
And in their mouth, no lie was found, for they are without flaw before 704 the throne of God.
Sof 3:13 - The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. For they will pasture and will recline, and there will be no one to strike them with terror.
Ef 5:27 - so that he might offer her to himself as a glorious Church, not having any spot or wrinkle or any such thing, so that she would be holy and immaculate.
Verš 7
saying with a loud voice: “Fear the Lord, and give honor to him, for the hour of his judgment has arrived. And worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the sources of water.”
Gn 1:1 - In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.
Ž 33:6 - Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded.
Ž 124:8 -
Ž 146:6 - The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.
Sk 14:15 - In previous generations, he permitted all nations to walk in their own ways.
Sk 17:24 - the God who made the world and all that is in it, the One who is the Lord of heaven and earth, who does not live in temples made with hands.
Verš 8
And another Angel followed, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who inebriated all nations with the wine of her wrath and of fornication.”
Iz 21:9 - Behold, a certain man approaches, a man riding on a two-horse chariot.” And he responded, and he said: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! And all its graven gods have been crushed into the earth!
Jer 51:8 - Suddenly, Babylon has fallen and been crushed. Wail over her! Take a balm to her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.”
Zjv 18:2 - And he cried out with strength, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. And she has become the habitation of demons, and the keepsake of every unclean spirit, and the possession of every unclean and hateful flying thing.
Zjv 16:19 - And the Great City became divided into three parts. And the cities of the Gentiles fell. And Babylon the great came to mind before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath.
Zjv 17:5 - And a name was written upon her forehead: Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications and the abominations of the earth.
Zjv 18:10 - standing far away, out of fear of her torments, saying: ‘Woe! Woe! to Babylon, that great city, that strong city. For in one hour, your judgment has arrived.’
Zjv 18:21 - And a certain strong Angel took up a stone, similar to a great millstone, and he cast it into the sea, saying: “With this force shall Babylon, that great city, be cast down. And she shall never be found again.
Verš 10
he shall drink also from the wine of the wrath of God, which has been mixed with strong wine in the cup of his wrath, and he shall be tortured with fire and sulphur in the sight of the holy Angels and before the sight of the Lamb.
Zjv 18:6 - Render to her, as she has also rendered to you. And repay her doubly, according to her works. Mix for her a double portion, in the cup with which she mixed.
Zjv 16:19 - And the Great City became divided into three parts. And the cities of the Gentiles fell. And Babylon the great came to mind before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath.
Zjv 20:10 - where both the beast and the false prophetess shall be tortured, day and night, forever and ever.
Zjv 19:20 - And the beast was apprehended, and with him the false prophetess, who in his presence caused the signs, by which she seduced those who accepted the character of the beast and who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with sulphur.
Verš 11
And the smoke of their torments shall ascend forever and ever. And they shall have no rest, day or night, those who have worshiped the beast or his image, or who have received the character of his name.”
Zjv 19:3 - And again, they said: “Alleluia! For her smoke ascends forever and ever.”
Verš 12
Here is the patient endurance of the Saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Zjv 13:10 - Whoever will be led into captivity, into captivity he goes. Whoever will kill with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the patient endurance and faith of the Saints.
Verš 14
And I saw, and behold, a white cloud. And upon the cloud was one sitting, resembling a son of man, having a crown of gold on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.
Ez 1:26 - And above the firmament, which was suspended over their heads, there was the likeness of a throne, with the appearance of the sapphire stone. And over the likeness of the throne, there was a likeness with the appearance of a man above it.
Dan 7:13 - I watched, therefore, in the vision of the night, and behold, with the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man arrived, and he approached all the way to the ancient of days, and they presented him before him.
Zjv 1:13 - And in the midst of the seven golden lampstands was one resembling the Son of man, clothed to the feet with a vestment, and wrapped to the breast with a wide belt of gold.
Verš 15
And another Angel went forth from the temple, crying out in a great voice to the one sitting upon the cloud: “Send out your sickle and reap! For the hour of reaping has arrived, because the harvest of the earth has ripened.”
Joe 3:13 - Send forth the sickles, because the harvest has matured. Advance and descend, for the press is full, the pressing room is overflowing. For their malice has been increasing.
Mt 13:39 - So the enemy who sowed them is the devil. And truly, the harvest is the consummation of the age; while the reapers are the Angels.
Verš 19
And the Angel sent out his sharp sickle to the earth, and he harvested the vineyard of the earth, and he cast it into the great basin of the wrath of God.
Zjv 19:15 - And from his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, so that with it he may strike the nations. And he shall rule them with an iron rod. And he treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
Verš 20
And the basin was trodden beyond the city, and blood went forth from the basin, even as high as the harnesses of horses, out to one thousand six hundred stadia.
Iz 63:3 - I have trod the winepress alone. And among the nations, there is no man beside me. I have trampled on them in my fury, and I have tread them down in my wrath. And so, their blood has been sprinkled on my vestments, and I have stained all my garments.
Zjv 14,1-5 - Baránok so svojimi vyvolenými je v protiklade so šelmami z predchádzajúcej kapitoly. Sion je predobraz oslávenej Cirkvi. Číslo označuje všetkých vyvolených.
Zjv 14,4 - Všetci kresťania nasledujú Krista. Nazývaní sú panicmi v biblickom zmysle, kde zase smilstvo znamená modloslužbu (porov. 2, 20).
Zjv 14,8 - Porov. Iz 21, 9. Pre prorokov Starého zákona bol Babylon symbolom tých vlád, ktoré boli proti Bohu a jeho ľudu (porov. Jer 51, 8; Dan 4, 27). Tu označuje pohanský Rím (porov. 1 Pt 5, 13).
Zjv 14,10 - Obrazy sú vzaté zo Starého zákona, najmä z Gn 19, 24.
Zjv 14,14-20 - Žatva a oberačka sú obrazmi Božieho súdu (porov. Iz 63, 3; Joel 4, 13; Mt 13, 39), ktorý je opísaný v 19, 11–20.
Zjv 14,20 - Množstvo krvi označuje hrôzu súdu.
