Revelation 7:13

And one of the Zekenim + 7:13 Ex 12:21 (Elders) answered, saying to me, These ones, each wearing a kittel, who are they and from where did they come?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

In Context

12Omein, the bracha (blessing) and the kavod (glory) and the chochmah (wisdom) and the hodayah (thanksgiving) and the hod (honor) and the oz (power) and the gevurah (strength) be to Hashem Eloheinu l'Olelamei Olamim. Omein.

14And I said to him, Adoni, you have da'as. And he said to me, These are the ones coming out of HaTzarah HaGedolah + 7:14 Mt 24:29f (The Great Tribulation) and each washed his kittel and whitened it in the dahm of the SEH + 7:14 Ex 12:3; Isa 53:7 Moshiach (Lamb).

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Cross References

Genesis 16:8And he said, Hagar, Saraiʼs shifchah, from where camest thou? And where wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my gevirah Sarai.

John 7:28Therefore, in the Beis Hamikdash while teaching, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach cried out, saying, You have da'as of me, and you have da'as of where I am from. I have not come on my own, but the One Who sent me is ne'eman. He is the One of Whom you do not have da'as.

Revelation 4:10Then the esrim v'arba'ah Zekenim fall prostrate before the One sitting on the Kes (Throne) and worship the One that Hu Chai ad olemei olamim (lives forever and ever) and cast down their atarot (crowns) before the Kes (Throne), saying, + 4:10 Dt 33:3

Revelation 5:11And I saw and I heard the kol (voice) of many malachim (angels); they numbered myriads of myriads and v'alfei alafim (thousands of thousands), around the Kes (Throne) and the Chayyot (the living beings) and the Zekenim + 5:11 Ex 12:21 (Elders), + 5:11 Dan 7:10

Matthew Henry on Revelation 7:2-13

The Vision of Heaven. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants… Read the whole commentary →

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