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And his eyes were like flames of fire. <a href="/esv/revelation/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, <a href="/bsb/revelation/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire. <a href="/blb/revelation/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Now His head and His hairs are white like wool, white as snow; and His eyes are like a flame of fire; <a href="/kjv/revelation/1.htm">King James Bible</a> His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; <a href="/nkjv/revelation/1.htm">New King James Version</a> His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; <a href="/nasb_/revelation/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. <a href="/nasb/revelation/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. <a href="/nasb77/revelation/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire; <a href="/lsb/revelation/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. <a href="/amp/revelation/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> His head and His hair were white like white wool, [glistening white] like snow; and His [all-seeing] eyes were [flashing] like a flame of fire [piercing into my being]. <a href="/csb/revelation/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The hair of his head was white as wool—white as snow —and his eyes like a fiery flame. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> His head and hair were white like wool—white as snow—and His eyes like a fiery flame. <a href="/asv/revelation/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; <a href="/cev/revelation/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> His head and his hair were white as wool or snow, and his eyes looked like flames of fire. <a href="/erv/revelation/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; <a href="/gwt/revelation/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> His head and his hair were white like wool-like snow. His eyes were like flames of fire. <a href="/gnt/revelation/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> His hair was white as wool, or as snow, and his eyes blazed like fire; <a href="/isv/revelation/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> His head and his hair were white like wool, in fact, as white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire, <a href="/msb/revelation/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire. <a href="/net/revelation/1.htm">NET Bible</a> His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. <a href="/nheb/revelation/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. <a href="/wbt/revelation/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; <a href="/wey/revelation/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> His head and His hair were white, like white wool--as white as snow; and His eyes resembled a flame of fire. <a href="/web/revelation/1.htm">World English Bible</a> His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and His head and hairs [were] white, as if white wool—as snow, and His eyes as a flame of fire; <a href="/blb/revelation/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Now His head and His hairs are white like wool, white as snow; and His eyes are like a flame of fire; <a href="/ylt/revelation/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and his head and hairs white, as if white wool -- as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire; <a href="/slt/revelation/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And his head and hairs white as white wool, as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And his head and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire, <a href="/cpdv/revelation/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But his head and hair were bright, like white wool, or like snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire; <a href="/nabre/revelation/1.htm">New American Bible</a> The hair of his head was as white as white wool or as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> His head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And his head and his hair were white as wool and like snow, and his eyes were like flames of fire.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> His head and his hair were white as white wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; <a href="/godbey/revelation/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And his head and his hairs were as wool, white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire; <a href="/haweis/revelation/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> his head and flowing locks white as a white fleece of wool, even as the snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire; <a href="/mace/revelation/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> his head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; his feet were like fine brass, <a href="/wey/revelation/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> His head and His hair were white, like white wool--as white as snow; and His eyes resembled a flame of fire. <a href="/worrell/revelation/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And His head and hair were white as white wool, as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire; <a href="/worsley/revelation/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> His head and his hairs were white like white wool, as white as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire; <a href="/parallel/revelation/1-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=157" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/1.htm">John's Vision on Patmos</a> …13and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest. 14<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hai (Art-NFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The</a> <a href="/greek/2359.htm" title="2359: triches (N-NFP) -- Hair (of the head or of animals). Genitive case trichos, etc. of uncertain derivation; hair.">hair</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">of His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2776.htm" title="2776: kephalē (N-NFS) -- From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.">head</a> <a href="/greek/3022.htm" title="3022: leukai (Adj-NFP) -- White, bright, brilliant. From luke; white.">was white</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">like</a> <a href="/greek/2053.htm" title="2053: erion (N-NNS) -- Wool. Of obscure affinity; wool.">wool,</a> <a href="/greek/3022.htm" title="3022: leukon (Adj-NNS) -- White, bright, brilliant. From luke; white.">as white</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as</a> <a href="/greek/5510.htm" title="5510: chiōn (N-NFS) -- Snow. Perhaps akin to the base of chasma or cheimon; snow.">snow,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3788.htm" title="3788: ophthalmoi (N-NMP) -- The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy.">eyes</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">were like</a> <a href="/greek/5395.htm" title="5395: phlox (N-NFS) -- A flame. From a primary phlego; a blaze.">a blazing</a> <a href="/greek/4442.htm" title="4442: pyros (N-GNS) -- Fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. A primary word; fire.">fire.</a> 15His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/daniel/7-9.htm">Daniel 7:9</a> As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. <a href="/daniel/10-6.htm">Daniel 10:6</a> His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude. <a href="/matthew/17-2.htm">Matthew 17:2</a> There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. <a href="/ezekiel/1-26.htm">Ezekiel 1:26-28</a> Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man. / From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him. / The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking. <a href="/ezekiel/43-2.htm">Ezekiel 43:2</a> and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory. <a href="/daniel/12-3.htm">Daniel 12:3</a> Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever. <a href="/matthew/28-3.htm">Matthew 28:3</a> His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. <a href="/acts/26-13.htm">Acts 26:13</a> About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions. <a href="/1_timothy/6-16.htm">1 Timothy 6:16</a> He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. <a href="/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2</a> He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a> “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. <a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm">Isaiah 6:1-5</a> In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. / Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. / And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.” ... <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-3</a> Who 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.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. <a href="/mark/9-3.htm">Mark 9:3</a> His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them. <a href="/luke/9-29.htm">Luke 9:29</a> And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;and his hairs.<a href="/daniel/7-9.htm">Daniel 7:9</a> I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.<a href="/matthew/28-3.htm">Matthew 28:3</a> His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:and his eyes.<a href="/revelation/2-18.htm">Revelation 2:18</a> And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;<a href="/revelation/19-12.htm">Revelation 19:12</a> 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.<a href="/daniel/10-6.htm">Daniel 10:6</a> His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Blazing</a> <a href="/1_john/5-14.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/jude/1-23.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/luke/12-7.htm">Hairs</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-7.htm">Head</a> <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm">Resembled</a> <a href="/mark/9-3.htm">Snow</a> <a href="/acts/1-10.htm">White</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-19.htm">Wool</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/2-18.htm">Blazing</a> <a href="/revelation/2-18.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/revelation/1-15.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/revelation/2-18.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">Hairs</a> <a href="/revelation/3-14.htm">Head</a> <a href="/revelation/1-15.htm">Resembled</a> <a href="/exodus/4-6.htm">Snow</a> <a href="/revelation/2-17.htm">White</a> <a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Wool</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 1</div>1. <a href="/revelation/1-1.htm">The preface.</a> 4. <a href="/revelation/1-4.htm">John's salutation to the seven churches of Asia.</a> 7. <a href="/revelation/1-7.htm">The coming of Christ.</a> 8. <a href="/revelation/1-8.htm">His glorious power and majesty.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/revelation/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The hair of His head was white like wool This description of white hair symbolizes purity, wisdom, and eternity. In biblical literature, white often represents holiness and righteousness. The imagery of wool connects to the sacrificial lamb, a type of Christ, emphasizing His role as the ultimate sacrifice for sin. This description parallels <a href="/daniel/7-9.htm">Daniel 7:9</a>, where the Ancient of Days is depicted with white hair, suggesting divine wisdom and eternal nature. The whiteness signifies the purity and sinlessness of Christ, reinforcing His divine authority and eternal existence.as white as snow The comparison to snow further emphasizes purity and holiness. Snow, often used in Scripture to denote cleansing and forgiveness (<a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a>), highlights the sinless nature of Christ. This imagery assures believers of the complete purity and righteousness of Jesus, who is both judge and redeemer. The use of snow, a natural element, also connects to the divine creation, underscoring the Creator's power and majesty.and His eyes were like a blazing fire The eyes of blazing fire symbolize penetrating vision and judgment. Fire in the Bible often represents God's presence and purifying power (<a href="/exodus/3-2.htm">Exodus 3:2</a>, <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>). This imagery suggests that Christ sees all, with nothing hidden from His sight, and He judges with perfect righteousness. The fire also indicates His zeal and passion for holiness and justice. This description connects to <a href="/revelation/19-12.htm">Revelation 19:12</a>, where Christ is depicted as a warrior king, emphasizing His role as the righteous judge who discerns the hearts and minds of all.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure in this passage, depicted in a vision given to John. This description is part of the larger vision of the glorified Christ. 2. <a href="/topical/j/john_the_apostle.htm">John the Apostle</a> The author of the Book of Revelation, who received this vision while exiled on the island of Patmos. 3. <a href="/topical/p/patmos.htm">Patmos</a> The island where John was exiled and received the visions recorded in Revelation. 4. <a href="/topical/v/vision_of_the_glorified_christ.htm">Vision of the Glorified Christ</a> This event is part of the opening chapter of Revelation, where John describes the majestic and awe-inspiring appearance of Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_wisdom_and_purity.htm">Divine Wisdom and Purity</a> The white hair symbolizes Jesus' eternal wisdom and purity. As believers, we are called to seek wisdom from God and strive for purity in our lives. <a href="/topical/p/penetrating_insight.htm">Penetrating Insight</a> Jesus' eyes like blazing fire represent His ability to see into the depths of our hearts. We should live transparently before Him, knowing that nothing is hidden from His sight. <a href="/topical/r/reverence_and_awe.htm">Reverence and Awe</a> The majestic description of Jesus should inspire reverence and awe in our worship. Recognizing His glory should lead us to a deeper commitment and devotion. <a href="/topical/e/eternal_nature.htm">Eternal Nature</a> The imagery connects Jesus to the Ancient of Days, affirming His eternal nature. This should encourage us to trust in His unchanging character and promises. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_accountability.htm">Judgment and Accountability</a> The fiery eyes also symbolize judgment. We are reminded of our accountability before Christ and the importance of living righteously.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 1</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'eyes_like_fire'_mean.htm">What does "eyes like a flame of fire" mean?</a> <a href="/q/did_a_meteor_destroy_sodom_and_gomorrah.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'hair like wool'?</a> <a href="/q/is_the_manger_clean_without_oxen.htm">What does 'eyes like a flame of fire' mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_'wool_hair'.htm">What did Jesus mean by "hair like wool"?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow.--The whiteness here is thought by some to be the token of the transfiguration in light of the glorified person of the Redeemer. "It is the glorious white which is the colour and livery of heaven." This doubtless is true; but it appears to me a mistake to say that there is no hint here of age. It is argued that the white hair of age is a token of decay, and that no such token would have place here; but surely this is straining a point, and making a mere emblem an argument. Age and youth alike have their glories; the glory of young men is their strength; the hoary head, too, the token of experience, dignity, authority, is the glory of age. Physically, white hair may be a sign of decay; typically it never is, else the effort to produce the appearance of it in the persons of monarchs and judges would never have been made. The white head is never in public sentiment other than the venerable sign of ripe knowledge, mature judgment, and solid wisdom; and as such it well betokens that full wisdom and authority which is wielded by the Ancient of Days, who, though always the same in the fresh dew of youth, is yet from everlasting, the captain of salvation, perfect through suffering, radiant in the glorious youthhood of heaven, venerable in that eternal wisdom and glory which He had with the Father before the world. (Comp. <a href="/daniel/7-9.htm" title="I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.">Daniel 7:9</a>.) "He was one," Saadias Gaon beautifully says, "with the appearance of an old man, and like an old man full of mercies. His white hair, His white garments, indicated the pure, kind intentions He had to purify His people from their sins."His eyes were as a flame of fire.--Comp. <a href="/revelation/19-12.htm" title="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.">Revelation 19:12</a>; <a href="/daniel/10-6.htm" title="His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.">Daniel 10:6</a>. The eyes of the Lord, which are in every place, beholding the evil and the good, are here described as like unto fire, to express not merely indignation (He had looked once on the Jewish rulers in indignation) against evil, but determination to consume it; for our God is a consuming fire, purging away sin from those who forsake sin, and consuming in their sin those who refuse to be separated from it. (See <a href="/revelation/20-9.htm" title="And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.">Revelation 20:9</a>; <a href="/context/daniel/7-9.htm" title="I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.">Daniel 7:9-10</a>; <a href="/jude/1-7.htm" title="Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.">Jude 1:7</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - His head. From the garments of the great High Priest, St. John passes on to himself. What he had seen as a momentary foretaste of glory at the Transfiguration, he sees now as the abiding condition of the Christ. In <a href="/daniel/7-9.htm">Daniel 7:9</a> "the Ancient of days" has "the hair of his head like pure wool." This snowy whiteness is partly the brightness of heavenly glory, partly the majesty of the hoary head. The Christ appears to St. John as a son of man, but also as a "Divine Person invested with the attributes of eternity." As a flame of fire. "The Lord thy God is a consuming fire" (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-24.htm">Deuteronomy 4:24</a>). "I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins" (<a href="/jeremiah/17-10.htm">Jeremiah 17:10</a>). The flame purifies the conscience and kindles the affections. <a href="/commentaries/revelation/1-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>The αἱ (hai) Article - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. hair τρίχες (triches) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2359.htm">Strong's 2359: </a> Hair (of the head or of animals). Genitive case trichos, etc. of uncertain derivation; hair. of His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. head κεφαλὴ (kephalē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2776.htm">Strong's 2776: </a> From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively. [was] white λευκαὶ (leukai) Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3022.htm">Strong's 3022: </a> White, bright, brilliant. From luke; white. like ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. wool, ἔριον (erion) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2053.htm">Strong's 2053: </a> Wool. Of obscure affinity; wool. as white λευκόν (leukon) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3022.htm">Strong's 3022: </a> White, bright, brilliant. From luke; white. as ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. snow, χιών (chiōn) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5510.htm">Strong's 5510: </a> Snow. Perhaps akin to the base of chasma or cheimon; snow. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. eyes ὀφθαλμοὶ (ophthalmoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3788.htm">Strong's 3788: </a> The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy. [were] like ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. a blazing φλὸξ (phlox) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5395.htm">Strong's 5395: </a> A flame. From a primary phlego; a blaze. fire. πυρός (pyros) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4442.htm">Strong's 4442: </a> Fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire. 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