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Revelation 19:12

He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows.
Revelation 19:12 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.
  • KJV His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
  • NKJV His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.
  • NASB His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many crowns; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.
  • NLT His eyes were like flames of fire, and on his head were many crowns. A name was written on him that no one understood except himself.

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Quick answer

His eyes blaze like fire, He wears many crowns, and bears a name known only to Himself. Christ's authority and mystery are supreme.

Overview

The flaming eyes signify penetrating judgment, and the many diadems declare His sovereign rule over all kingdoms, surpassing the limited crowns of the dragon and beast. The secret name points to the depths of His being that exceed full human comprehension. He is the glorious, unrivaled King whom no creature can fully fathom.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Rev 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
  • Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
  • Matt 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  • Rev 1:14The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
  • Rev 2:17–18He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
  • Matt 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
  • Rev 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
  • Isa 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Ps 8:5You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
  • Heb 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
  • Zech 9:16On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.
  • Rev 12:3Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
  • Exod 23:21Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
  • Gen 32:29And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
  • Isa 62:3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
  • Judg 13:18“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
  • Rev 6:2So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.
  • Matt 21:5“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
  • Song 3:11Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
  • Rev 13:1Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Revelation videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on RevelationMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Revelation ends the story with the slain-yet-standing Lamb who is worthy, the Lion of Judah, the Alpha and Omega, the returning King who makes all things new and dwells with his people forever.

How Revelation 19:12 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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