“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.”
— WEB
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“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.”
— WEB
“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.”
— KJV
“And his eyes [are] a flame of fire, and upon his head [are] many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself.”
— ASV
Identifying Him with the Son of man similarly described, Rev 1:14. many crowns--Greek, "diadems": not merely (Greek, "stephanoi") garlands of victory, but royal crowns, as KING OF KINGS. Christ's diadem comprises all the diadems of the earth and of heavenly powers too. Contrast the papal tiara composed of three diadems. Compare also the little horn (Antichrist) that overcomes the three horns or kingdoms, Dan 7:8, Dan 7:24 (QuÃ&brvbrre, the Papacy? or some three kingdoms that succeed the papacy, which itself, as a temporal kingdom, was made up at first of three kingdoms, the exarchate of Ravenna, the kingdom of the Lombards, and the state of Rome, obtained by Pope Zachary and Stephen II from Pepin, the usurper of the French dominion). Also, the seven crowns (diadems) on the seven heads of the dragon (Rev 12:3), and ten diadems on the ten heads of the beast. These usurpers claim the diadems which belong to Christ alone. he had a name written--B and Syriac insert, "He had names written, and a name written," &c., meaning that the names of the dominion which each diadem indicated were written on them severally. But A, Vulgate, ORIGEN, and CYPRIAN omits the words, as English Version. name . . . that no man knew but . . . himself-- (Jdg 13:18; Co1 2:9, Co1 2:11; Jo1 3:2). The same is said of the "new name" of believers. In this, as in all other respects, the disciple is made like his Lord.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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