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(“Look,ἸδοὺI am comingἔρχομαιlikeὡςa thief.κλέπτηςHappy isμακάριοςthe one who keeps watchὁ γρηγορῶνandκαὶkeepsτηρῶνhisαὐτοῦclothes,τὰ ἱμάτιαso thatἵναhe may notμὴwalk aroundπεριπατῇnakedγυμνὸςandκαὶthey seeβλέπωσινhisαὐτοῦshame.”)τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην
Revelation 16:15
Study it in the app“(“Look, I am coming like a thief. Happy is the one who keeps watch and keeps his clothes, so that he may not walk around naked and they see his shame.”)”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 16:15, word by word
- I am comingἔρχομαιerchomai
come as Messiah
The coming of Jesus; "the one who comes" is the awaited one.
Where else “erchomai” appears- a thiefκλέπτηςkleptēs
thief
Thief.
Where else “kleptēs” appears- Happy isμακάριοςmakarios
blessed, happy
Blessed: truly happy, in the condition God blesses. It is the "happy" or "blessed" of the Psalms.
Where else “makarios” appears- the one who keeps watchγρηγορῶνgrēgorōn
be alert
To be alert and ready for when the Lord comes.
Where else “grēgorōn” appears- keepsτηρῶνtērōn
keep
To obey what is commanded.
Where else “tērōn” appears- clothesἱμάτιαhimatia
clothes
Everything one has on.
Where else “himatia” appears- walk aroundπεριπατῇperipatēi
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatēi” appears- nakedγυμνὸςgymnos
naked
Without clothes, or almost.
Where else “gymnos” appears- they seeβλέπωσινblepōsin
see
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “blepōsin” appears- shame.”)ἀσχημοσύνηνaschēmosynēn
shame
The naked body that should not be seen.
Where else “aschēmosynēn” appears
Translation note
Words of Jesus that interrupt the narrative; that is why they are in purple. Compare 3:3 and Matthew 24:43.
The context
14for they are spirits of demons performing signs, who go out to the kings of the whole inhabited world, to gather them for the war of the great day of God the Almighty.
15 · This verse (above)
16And they gathered them to the place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon.