Revelation 22:14

Revelation 22:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
• New International Version (NIV)“Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

Context of Revelation 22:14

12“I’m coming soon! I will bring my reward with me to pay all people based on what they have done. 13I am the A and the Z, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. “Blessed are those who wash their robes so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15Outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexual sinners, murderers, idolaters, and all who lie in what they say and what they do. 16“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give this testimony to you for the churches. I am the root and descendant of David. I am the bright morning star.”

Revelation 22:14 word by word

Μακάριοι οἱ πλύνοντες τὰς στολὰς αὐτῶν, ἵνα ἔσται ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς, καὶ τοῖς πυλῶσιν εἰσέλθωσιν εἰς τὴν πόλιν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Blessedμακάριοςmakarios · blessedG3107
• theyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• that doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• commandmentsἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• may haveεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• rightἐξουσίαexousia · authorityG1849
• toἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the treeξύλονxulon · woodG3586
• of lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• may enter inεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• through the gatesπυλώνpulōn · gateG4440
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172

Cross-references for Revelation 22:14

• Revelation 22:7I’m coming soon! Blessed is the one who follows the words of the prophecy in this book.”
• Psalms 106:3Blessed are those who defend justice and do what is right at all times.
• Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the person who fears the Lord and is happy to obey his commands.
• Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose lives have integrity, those who follow the teachings of the Lord.
• Isaiah 56:1This is what the Lord says: Preserve justice, and do what is right. My salvation is about to come. My righteousness is about to be revealed.
• Daniel 12:12Blessed are those who wait until they reach 1,335 days.
• Matthew 7:21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the person who does what my Father in heaven wants.
• Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. I can guarantee this truth: He will change his clothes, make them sit down at the table, and serve them.
• John 14:15“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
• John 15:10If you obey my commandments, you will live in my love. I have obeyed my Father’s commandments, and in that way I live in his love.
• 1 Corinthians 7:19Circumcision is nothing, and the lack of it is nothing. But keeping what God commands is everything.
• Galatians 5:6As far as our relationship to Christ Jesus is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether we are circumcised or not. But what matters is a faith that expresses itself through love.
• 1 John 3:3So all people who have this confidence in Christ keep themselves pure, as Christ is pure.
• 1 John 5:3To love God means that we obey his commandments. Obeying his commandments isn’t difficult
• John 4:12You’re not more important than our ancestor Jacob, are you? He gave us this well. He and his sons and his animals drank water from it.”
• 1 Corinthians 8:9But be careful that by using your freedom you don’t somehow make a believer who is weak in faith fall into sin.

Commentaries on Revelation 22:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Blessed are they that do his commandments - They are happy who are obedient. That they may have right to the tree of life - The original is much more expressive, ̔ ̔ · That they may have authority over the tree of life; an authority founded on right, this right founded on obedience to the commandments of God, and that obedience produced by the grace of God working in them. Without grace no obedience; without obedience no authority to the tree of life…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Blessed are they that do his commandments - See the notes on Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:7. That they may have right - That they may be entitled to approach the tree of life; that this privilege may be granted to them. It is not a right in the sense that they have merited it, but in the sense that the privilege is conferred on them as one of the rewards of God, and that, in virtue of the divine arrangements, they will be entitled to this honor. So the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-19Verses 6-19 The Lord Jesus spake by the angel, solemnly confirming the contents of this book, particularly of this last vision. He is the Lord God faithful and true. Also by his messengers; the holy angels showed them to holy men of God. They are things that must shortly be done; Christ will come quickly, and put all things out of doubt. And by the integrity of that angel who had been the apostle's interpreter. He refused to accept religious worship from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Blessed are those: In response to the link between actions and final outcomes (Revelation 22:12), the seventh blessing of Revelation (see also 1:3; 14:13; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; 22:7) promises acceptance for those who wash their robes. These are people purified by trusting in Christ and following him faithfully (Revelation 3:5; 6:11; 7:9–10, 14; 19:13; Ephesians 5:26; Hebrews 10:22). enter the city by its gates: See study note on Revelation 21:24–25.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. do his commandments--so B, Syriac, Coptic, and Cyprian. But A, Aleph, and Vulgate read, "(Blessed are they that) wash their robes," namely, in the blood of the Lamb (compare Re 7:14). This reading takes away the pretext for the notion of salvation by works. But even English Version reading is quite compatible with salvation by grace; for God's first and grand Gospel "commandment" is to believe on Jesus. Thus our "right" to (Greek, "privilege" or…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 22:14

• Ablution
• Obedience
• Readings, Select
• Righteous
• Tree
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Tree of life
• Either
• Filthy
• Offspring
• Star
• Whosoever
• Authority in Religion
• Jerusalem, New
• Revelation of John
• Wash; Washing

Commentaries on Revelation 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings