Teks -- Revelation 11:17 (NET)

11:17 with these words: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Robertson: Rev 11:17 - O Lord God

O Lord God ( Kurie ho theos ).

Vocative form kurie and nominative form ho theos (vocative in use). See Rev 1:8; Rev 4:8 for this combination with ho pantokratōr (the Almighty). For ho ōn kai ho ēn (which art and which wast) see Rev 1:4, Rev 1:8; Rev 4:8; Rev 16:5.

Robertson: Rev 11:17 - Thou hast taken

Thou hast taken ( eilēphes ).

Perfect active indicative of lambanō , emphasizing the permanence of God’ s rule, "Thou hast assumed thy power."

Robertson: Rev 11:17 - Didst reign

Didst reign ( ebasileusas ).

Ingressive first aorist active indicative of basileuō , "Didst begin to reign."See this combination of tenses (perfect and aorist) without confusion in Rev 3:3; Rev 5:7; Rev 8:5.

Vincent: Rev 11:17 - O Lord God, etc

O Lord God, etc.

See on Rev 4:8.

Vincent: Rev 11:17 - And art to come

And art to come

Omit.

Vincent: Rev 11:17 - Hast taken to Thee

Hast taken to Thee

Omit to thee .

Wesley: Rev 11:17 - The Almighty

He who hath all things in his power as the only Governor of them. Who is, and who was - God is frequently styled, "He who is, and who was, and who is to come." but now he is actually come, the words, "who is to come," are, as it were, swallowed up. When it is said, We thank thee that thou hast taken thy great power, it is all one as, "We thank thee that thou art come." This whole thanksgiving is partly an enlargement on the two great points mentioned in Rev 11:15; partly a summary of what is hereafter more distinctly related. Here it is mentioned, how the kingdom is the Lord's; afterwards, how it is the kingdom of his Christ.

Wesley: Rev 11:17 - Thou hast taken thy great power

This is the beginning of what is done under the trumpet of the seventh angel. God has never ceased to use his power; but he has suffered his enemies to oppose it, which he will now suffer no more.

JFB: Rev 11:17 - thanks

For the answer to our prayers (Rev 6:10-11) in destroying them which destroy the earth (Rev 11:18), thereby preparing the way for setting up the kingdom of Thyself and Thy saints.

JFB: Rev 11:17 - and art to come

Omitted in A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, CYPRIAN, and ANDREAS. The consummation having actually come, they do not address Him as they did when it was still future, "Thou that art to come." Compare Rev 11:18, "is come." From the sounding of the seventh trumpet He is to His people JAH, the ever present Lord, WHO IS, more peculiarly than JEHOVAH "who is, was, and is to come."

JFB: Rev 11:17 - taken to thee thy great power

"to Thee" is not in the Greek. Christ takes to Him the kingdom as His own of right.

Clarke: Rev 11:17 - O Lord God Almighty, which art

O Lord God Almighty, which art - This gives a proper view of God in his eternity; all times are here comprehended, the present, the past, and the future. This is the infinitude of God

Clarke: Rev 11:17 - Hast taken to thee

Hast taken to thee - Thou hast exercised that power which thou ever hast; and thou hast broken the power of thy enemies, and exalted thy Church.

TSK: Rev 11:17 - We give // Lord God Almighty // which // thou hast

We give : Rev 4:9; Dan 2:23, Dan 6:10; Mat 11:25; Luk 10:21; Joh 11:41; 2Co 2:14, 2Co 9:15; 1Ti 1:12

Lord God Almighty : Rev 1:8, Rev 4:8, Rev 15:3, Rev 16:7, Rev 16:14; Gen 17:1

which : Rev 1:4, Rev 1:8, Rev 16:5

thou hast : Rev 11:15, Rev 19:6, Rev 19:11-21, Rev 20:1-3; Psa 21:13, Psa 57:11, Psa 64:9, Psa 64:10, Psa 98:1-3, Psa 102:13-18; Isa 51:9-11, Isa 52:10

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Rev 11:17 - Which art, and wast, and art to come // Because thou hast taken to the thy great power, and hast reigned

Which art, and wast, and art to come it is a phrase denoting God’ s eternity and immutability; we met with it before, Rev 4:8 .

Because thou hast taken to the thy great power, and hast reigned those celestial beings bless God for exerting his power, and recovering the kingdom of Christ out of the hands of antichrist, and setting his King upon his holy hill of Zion.

Gill: Rev 11:17 - Saying, we give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty // which art, and wast, and art to come // because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned

Saying, we give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty,.... The person addressed is the Lord Jesus Christ, whose the kingdoms are become, and who now reigns in great power and authority; he is Lord of all, and truly and properly God, and the Almighty, as his works of creation, preservation, redemption, raising himself from the dead, &c. declare; and each of these titles exceedingly well suit him, when his visible kingdom on earth will be so greatly enlarged:

which art, and wast, and art to come: the everlasting, "I am", the unchangeable Jehovah: the phrase is expressive of the eternity and immutability; see Gill on Rev 1:8; and it may be observed, whereas in this description of him it is said, "and art to come", this therefore does not belong to his personal, but to his spiritual reign; he will not be as yet come in person, to raise the dead, and judge the world, when these voices shall be in heaven, and these congratulations of the elders be made: the reason of their praise and thanksgiving follows,

because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned; power always belonged to him, as God; he always was the mighty God, and, as such, help for his people was laid upon him, he being mighty to save, and able to bear the government of them, laid on his shoulders; and, as Mediator, all power in heaven, and in earth, was given to him at his resurrection; and he had a name given him above every name, when exalted at the right hand of God, and was made, or declared, Lord and Christ; and from that time he has, in some measure, exerted his power and reigned: he endued his apostles with power from on high; and he went forth in the ministry of the Gospel conquering, and to conquer; and has ever since reigned in the hearts of his people; but now he will manifest and display his "great" power; he will show it more openly, and use it more extensively; his kingdom shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth; he shall be King over all the earth; his power has been seen in ages past, but now the "greatness" of his power will be made manifest; he has always had a kingdom on earth, but now the, "greatness" of the kingdom, under the whole heaven, will be his.