Scripture Text: Revelation 1:9-20

David Bast

Quotes for Reflection

G. B. Caird, The Revelation of St. John the Divine

The description of the Son of Man is full of Old Testament phrases, which we may track

down to their various sources. . . But to compile such a catalogue is to unweave the

rainbow. John uses his allusions . . . for their evocative and emotive power. . . His aim is

to set the echoes of memory and association ringing. . . John has seen the risen Christ,

clothed in all the attributes of deity, and he wishes to call forth from his readers the same

response of overwhelming and annihilating wonder which he experienced in his

prophetic trance.

James Denney, Studies in Theology

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