Teks -- Revelation 15:4 (NET)

15:4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

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

Robertson: Rev 15:4 - Who shall not fear?

Who shall not fear? ( tis ou mē phobēthēi̱ ).

Rhetorical question with ou mē (double negative) and first aorist passive subjunctive of phobeomai future passive in Jer 10:7).

Robertson: Rev 15:4 - And glorify

And glorify ( kai doxasei ).

Change here to the future indicative instead of the aorist subjunctive, as often. Cf. Psa 86:9.

Robertson: Rev 15:4 - Thou only art holy

Thou only art holy ( monos hosios ).

Both predicate adjectives, "Thou art alone holy."God alone is perfectly holy (Rev 16:5).

Robertson: Rev 15:4 - Shall come

Shall come ( hēxousin ).

Future active of hēkō .

Robertson: Rev 15:4 - And worship

And worship ( kai proskunēsousin ).

Future active of proskuneō . Both from Psa 86:9.

Robertson: Rev 15:4 - Have been made manifest

Have been made manifest ( ephanerōthēsan ).

Prophetic first aorist passive indicative of phaneroō . This martyr’ s song has the ring of great poetry.

Vincent: Rev 15:4 - Who shall not fear Thee?

Who shall not fear Thee?

See Jer 10:7. Omit thee .

Vincent: Rev 15:4 - Holy

Holy ( ὅσιος )

See on Luk 1:75. The term is applied to Christ in Act 2:27, Act 2:35; Heb 7:26. To God only here and Rev 16:5, where the correct reading is ὁ ὅσιος thou holy one , instead of ὁ ἐσόμενος which shalt be .

Vincent: Rev 15:4 - All nations shall come

All nations shall come

Compare Psa 86:9; Isa 2:2-4; Isa 66:23; Mic 4:2.

Vincent: Rev 15:4 - Judgments

Judgments ( δικαιώματα )

Not merely divine decisions , but righteous acts generally. So Rev. Primarily, the word signifies that which has been deemed right so as to have the force of law. Hence an ordinance (Luk 1:6; Heb 9:1; Rom 1:32). A judicial decision for or against (Rom 5:16). A righteous deed . See Rev 19:8.

JFB: Rev 15:4 - Who shall not

Greek, "Who is there but must fear Thee?" Compare Moses' song, Exo 15:14-16, on the fear which God's judgments strike into the foe.

JFB: Rev 15:4 - thee

So Syriac. But A, B, C, Vulgate, and CYPRIAN reject "thee."

JFB: Rev 15:4 - all nations shall come

Alluding to Psa 22:27-31; compare Isa 66:23; Jer 16:19. The conversion of all nations, therefore, shall be when Christ shall come, and not till then; and the first moving cause will be Christ's manifested judgments preparing all hearts for receiving Christ's mercy. He shall effect by His presence what we have in vain tried to effect in His absence. The present preaching of the Gospel is gathering out the elect remnant; meanwhile "the mystery of iniquity" is at work, and will at last come to its crisis; then shall judgment descend on the apostates at the harvest-end of this age (Greek, Mat 13:39-40) when the tares shall be cleared out of the earth, which thenceforward becomes Messiah's kingdom. The confederacy of 'the apostates against Christ becomes, when overthrown with fearful judgments, the very means in God's overruling providence of preparing the nations not joined in the Antichristian league to submit themselves to Him.

JFB: Rev 15:4 - judgments

Greek, "righteousnesses."

JFB: Rev 15:4 - are

Literally, "were": the prophetical past for the immediate future.

Clarke: Rev 15:4 - Who shall not fear thee

Who shall not fear thee - That is, All should fear and worship this true God, because he is just and true and holy; and his saints should love and obey him, because he is their King; and they and all men should acknowledge his judgments, because they are made manifest.

TSK: Rev 15:4 - Who // and glorify // thou only // for all // for thy

Who : Exo 15:14-16; Psa 89:7; Isa 60:5; Jer 5:22, Jer 10:7; Hos 3:5; Luk 12:4, Luk 12:5

and glorify : Psa 22:23, Psa 86:9; Isa 24:15, Isa 25:3; Rom 15:9; 2Th 1:10-12

thou only : Rev 3:7, Rev 4:8, Rev 6:10; 1Sa 2:2; Psa 22:3, Psa 99:5, Psa 99:9, Psa 111:9; Isa 6:3, Isa 57:15; Hab 1:12; 1Pe 1:16

for all : Rev 11:15; Psa 22:27, Psa 86:9, Psa 117:1-2; Isa 45:23, Isa 66:18-20,Isa 66:22; Jer 16:19; Zec 2:11, Zec 8:20-23, Zec 14:16; Mal 1:11

for thy : Rev 16:7, Rev 19:2; Psa 97:8, Psa 105:7; Isa 26:9

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Poole: Rev 15:4

Acknowledging, that for this God deserved to be worshipped and served by all the world, because of his holiness, much seen in the justice and truth of his ways; declaring their faith and hope, that now all nations should own and acknowledge Christ, and be subject unto him, now that his judgments upon antichrist, and his justice in all his dispensations, was made so evident to the world.

PBC: Rev 15:4

Isaiah gives us the root prophecy, " And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots." {Isa 11:1} Again we hear, " And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted." {Isa 49:11-13} Peter spoke of this on the day of Pentecost, " For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." {Ac 2:39} His judgments are made manifest in all the sins which were borne by Jesus as He hung on the tree. " And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." {Heb 9:27-28} This now being realized, His saints could sing praise as the seven angels made ready to pour out His wrath upon all the wicked.— Eld. Charles Taylor

Gill: Rev 15:4 - Who shall not fear thee, O Lord // and glorify thy name // for thou only art holy // For all nations shall come and worship before thee // for thy judgments are made manifest

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord,.... At this time the people of the Jews shall seek after Christ, and fear him and his goodness; the forces of the Gentiles shall be brought into Zion, whose heart shall then fear, and be enlarged; the fear of the Lord will be in all places, and in all men, both Jews and Gentiles, Hos 3:5

and glorify thy name? by ascribing all divine perfections to him, giving him divine worship and adoration, and attributing the whole of salvation to him, and the glory of all that is done for his church, and against its enemies:

for thou only art holy; not only perfectly holy, as man, but infinitely and essentially holy, as God, and the fountain of holiness to his people, as Mediator: this character seems to be given in opposition to antichrist, who arrogantly assumes the title of holiness to himself, when it only belongs to Christ.

For all nations shall come and worship before thee; the Gospel shall now be preached to all nations, and the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of it; the kingdoms of this world will become Christ's, and his kingdom shall be to the ends of the earth, and all people shall obey him: the words seem to be taken, with some other phrases before used, out of Psa 86:8

for thy judgments are made manifest; or "thy justifications", or "righteousnesses"; the perfect righteousness of Christ, and the doctrine of justification by it, will now be most clearly revealed, and generally received, in opposition to the Popish doctrine of merits, works of supererogation, &c. or the judgments of the King of saints upon antichrist, who will now avenge their blood, which he has shed; see Rev 17:1 and the justice and righteousness of his proceedings against the man of sin will be notorious and manifest to all, and be acknowledged, as in Rev 16:5.