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Rev. 14:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I looked, and, lo, a Lambv stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousandw, having his Father’s namey written in their foreheads.

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Rev. 5:12• ¹²saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that is slain to receive the power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing. (Rev. 5:12)

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Rev. 7:4• ⁴And I heard the number of the sealed(a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel; (Rev. 7:4)

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Rev. 3:12• ¹²He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall never go out more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, that cometh down out of the heaven from my God, and my new name. (Rev. 3:12)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5: The Lamb standing on mount Sion with his company.

6-7: An angel preaches the gospel.

8-14: The fall of Babylon.

15-19: The harvest of the world.

20: The winepress of the wrath of God.

I looked.

Rev. 14:14• ¹⁴And I saw, and, behold, a white cloud; and upon the cloud {i}I saw one{/i} sitting like {i}the{/i} Son of man, having upon his head a golden crown and in his hand a sharp sickle. (Rev. 14:14)

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Rev. 4:1• ¹After these things I saw, and, behold, a door opened in the heaven; and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet talking with me said, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass after these. (Rev. 4:1)

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Rev. 6:8• ⁸And I saw, and, behold, a pale horse, and his name that sat on him {i}was{/i} death, and hades followed with him; and there was given him authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword and with hunger and with death and by the beasts of the earth. (Rev. 6:8)

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Rev. 15:5• ⁵And after these things I saw, and there was opened the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in the heaven; (Rev. 15:5)

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Jer. 1:11• (Jer. 1:11)

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Ezek. 1:4• (Ezek. 1:4)

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Ezek. 2:9• (Ezek. 2:9)

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Ezek. 8:7• (Ezek. 8:7)

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Ezek. 10:1,9• (Ezek. 10:1,9)

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Ezek. 44:4• (Ezek. 44:4)

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Dan. 12:5• (Dan. 12:5)

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Amos 8:2• (Amos 8:2)

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Zech. 4:2• (Zech. 4:2)

a Lamb.

Rev. 5:5‑9,12‑13• ⁵And one of the elders saith to me, Weep not: behold, the lion hath overcome that is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, that openeth the book and the seven seals thereof.
⁶And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as slain, having seven horns and seven eyes which are the [seven] Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
⁷And he came and took [the book] out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
⁸And when he took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having each a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which is the prayers of the saints.
⁹And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain and hast bought [us] to God by thy blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation;
¹²saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that is slain to receive the power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
¹³And every creature which is in the heaven and on the earth and under the earth and [such as are] on the sea and all things in them heard I saying, To him that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb {i}be{/i} the blessing and the honour and the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 5:5‑9,12‑13)

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Rev. 7:9‑17• ⁹After these things I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
¹⁰and they cry with a loud voice, saying, The salvation to our God that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb.
¹¹And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne upon their faces, and worshipped God,
¹²saying, Amen: The blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honour and the power and the strength to our God unto the ages of the ages. [Amen.]
¹³And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These that are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they?
¹⁴And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
¹⁵Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he that sitteth on the throne shall tabernacle over them.
¹⁶They shall hunger no more neither thirst any more nor in any wise shall the sun fall upon them nor any heat.
¹⁷For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall tend them and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:9‑17)

mount.

Psa. 2:6• (Psa. 2:6)

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Psa. 132:13‑14• (Psa. 132:13‑14)

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Isa. 49:14• (Isa. 49:14)

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Joel 2:32• (Joel 2:32)

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Mic. 4:7• (Mic. 4:7)

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Rom. 9:33• ³³even as it is written, “Behold I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” (Rom. 9:33)

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Heb. 12:22‑24• ²²But ye have approached to mount Zion; and to a living God's city, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, a universal assemblage;
²³and to an assembly of firstborns, enrolled in heavens; and to God judge of all; and to spirits of just ones made perfect;
²⁴and to Jesus mediator of a new covenant, and to blood of sprinkling speaking better than Abel. (Heb. 12:22‑24)

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Rev. 7:4‑8• ⁴And I heard the number of the sealed(a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel;
⁵out of the tribe of Juda twelve thousand sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand;
⁶out of the tribe of Aser twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Nepthalim twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasses twelve thousand;
⁷out of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand;
⁸out of the tribe of Zabulon twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand sealed. (Rev. 7:4‑8)

having.

Rev. 3:12• ¹²He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall never go out more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, that cometh down out of the heaven from my God, and my new name. (Rev. 3:12)

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Rev. 7:3• ³saying, Hurt not the earth nor the sea nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads. (Rev. 7:3)

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Rev. 13:16‑17• ¹⁶And he causeth all, the little and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that they should give them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead,
¹⁷and that no one may be able to buy or sell, save he that hath the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Rev. 13:16‑17)

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Luke 12:8• ⁸But I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God; (Luke 12:8)

• These seem to me sufferers of Judah, who pass through the unequalled tribulation, which it is not said that the other remnant do. This is what is meant by their standing with the Lamb on the mount Zion. (“Lectures on Revelation 14” by W. Kelly)

• the name of the Lamb and the name of His Father (for so it ought to be read) written on their foreheads is in contrast with the name of the beast in Revelation 13. (“Lectures on Revelation 14” by W. Kelly)

• The Lamb's name and His Fathers these hundred and forty-four thousand have on their foreheads — not in their hearts only, if we may so speak; they were evidently and openly the Lamb's. (“Lectures on Revelation 14” by W. Kelly)

• They are not, though the same symbolical number, (Twelve is the number representing the perfection of administrative government in man (in Christ). Twelve times twelve will exhibit this in intensified perfection.) those sealed from the twelve tribes in chapter 7; for the elect remnant out of the ten tribes will not be restored to the land of Israel until after Messiah shall sit upon the throne of His glory; whereas these are the preserved of the two tribes already in the land, those who will have passed through the sorrows of the period before the appearing of Christ (“Lectures on Revelation 14” by W. Kelly)

• The principle involved in Zion, then, is God's activity for His people in the way of grace, when all was lost under the law. (“Revelation 13” by J.N. Darby)

• 144,000: The suffering Jewish remnant of the Psalms. Judah and Benjamin. Christ’s brethren of Matt. 25:40; Psa. 69:26; 1 Sam. 22:1-2; Dan. 3. (“Revelation 14 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

• Name in Their Foreheads: Open confession of Christ (Compare Rev. 13:16). (“Revelation 14 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing upon mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written upon their foreheads.

W. Kelly Translation

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And I saw, and, behold, the Lamba standing upon the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his nameb and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

WK Translation Notes

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It should be "the" Lamb on preponderant authority, though some MSS. omit the article.

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The true text represented by the best MSS. expressly says "his [the Lamb’s] name and his Father’s name."

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)