He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
Parallel translations
- WEB He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”
- KJV And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
- NKJV He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
- NASB He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
- NLT He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God.
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Quick answer
He wears a robe dipped in blood, and His name is 'The Word of God.' He is the revelation of God who executes judgment.
Overview
The blood-sprinkled garment, drawn from Isaiah's image of the divine warrior treading the winepress, signals the judgment He brings, and may also recall His own atoning death. His title 'The Word of God' identifies Him with the eternal Son through whom God speaks and acts. He is both the Savior who shed His blood and the Judge who shed His enemies' blood.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Isa 63:1–6Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Ps 58:10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Rev 14:20And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
- 1 Jn 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
- Isa 9:5For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
- 1 Jn 5:7For there are three that testify:
- Isa 34:3–8Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
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