He is clothed with a robe 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.”
- KJV And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and 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.
- 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 who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
- John 1:14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Ps 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
- Rev 14:20The wine press was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out of the wine press, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.
- 1 Jn 1:1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life
- Isa 9:5For all the armor of the armed man in the noisy battle, and the garments rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
- 1 Jn 5:7For there are three who testify:
- Isa 34:3–8Their slain will also be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies will come up; and the mountains will melt in their blood.
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