Revelation 22:14

“Happy are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life, and may enter into the city by the gates.”

Revelation 22:14 · direct translation from the Greek
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Revelation 22:14, word by word

Happy areΜακάριοιMakarioi

blessed, happy

Blessed: truly happy, in the condition God blesses. It is the "happy" or "blessed" of the Psalms.

Where else “Makarioi” appears
those who washπλύνοντεςplynontes

wash

Wash.

Where else “plynontes” appears
robesστολὰςstolas

long robe

Long robe, flowing garment.

Where else “stolas” appears
they will haveἔσταιestai

there is

Something exists somewhere, or happens.

Where else “estai” appears
the rightἐξουσίαexousia

right

The freedom to do something, which one is entitled to.

Where else “exousia” appears
the treeξύλονxylon

tree

A large plant with a woody trunk; so is called the one that gives life in paradise.

Where else “xylon” appears
of lifeζωῆςzōēs

eternal life

What God gives to live with him without end.

Where else “zōēs” appears
may enterεἰσέλθωσινeiselthōsin

enter

To go into a house, a town or a place.

Where else “eiselthōsin” appears
the cityπόλινpolin

city, town

City, town.

Where else “polin” appears
by the gatesπυλῶσινpylōsin

gates

The large openings in a wall through which one enters a city.

Where else “pylōsin” appears

Translation note· on the manuscripts

Many manuscripts read “those who do his commandments.”

The context

13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

14 · This verse (above)

15Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who holds dear and practices falsehood.

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