And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Parallel translations
- WEB He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”
- BSB He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is 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.
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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 that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- Ps 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Rev 14:20And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
- 1 Jn 1:1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
- Isa 9:5For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
- 1 Jn 5:7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
- Isa 34:3–8Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
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