Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 18:12

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12. (See on :- ). stones . . . pearls — Greek, "stone . . . pearl." fine linen —A, B, and C read Greek, " bussinou " for " bussou, " that is, "fine linen manufacture" [ALFORD]. The manufacture for which Egypt (the type of the apostate Church, Revelation 11:8 ) was famed. Contrast "the fine linen" ( Revelation 11:8- : ) put on Israel, and on the New Testament Church ( Revelation 11:8- : ), the Bride, by God ( Revelation 11:8- : ). thyine wood —the citrus of the Romans: probably the cypressus thyoyides, or the thuia articulata. "Citron wood" [ALFORD]. A sweet-smelling tree of Cyrene in Lybia, used for incense. all manner vessels — Greek, "every vessel," or "furniture." return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-13" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-rev-18-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/rev-18-12

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological