Revelation 14:1

Revelation 14:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

Context of Revelation 14:1

Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads. 2And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps. 3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one was able to learn the song except the 144,000 who had been purchased from the earth.

Revelation 14:1 word by word

Καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ ἀρνίον ἑστὸς ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος Σιὼν καὶ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες ἔχουσαι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένον ἐπὶ τῶν μετώπων αὐτῶν.¶Read the interlinear

• Thenκαίkai · andG2532
• I lookedὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• and beholdἰδούidou · look!G2400
• standingἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• Mountὄροςoros · mountainG3735
• ZionΣιώνSiōn · ZionG4622
• 144,000ἑκατόνhekaton · hundredG1540
• 144,000τέσσαρεςtessares tessara · fourG5064
• 144,000χιλιάςchilias · thousandG5505
• who hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• His nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• of His Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• on their foreheadsμέτωπονmetopon · foreheadG3359

Cross-references for Revelation 14:1

• Revelation 14:14Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
• Revelation 4:1After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”
• Revelation 6:8I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and the one who sat on it had the name Death, and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, and famine, and plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.
• Revelation 15:5After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened,
• Jeremiah 1:11And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
• Ezekiel 1:4As I looked, behold, a high wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing intermittently and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like gleaming metal in the midst of the fire.
• Ezekiel 2:9Then I looked, and behold, a hand was extended to me; and behold, a scroll was in it.
• Ezekiel 8:7Then He brought me to the entrance of the courtyard, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
• Ezekiel 10:1Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them.
• Ezekiel 44:4Then He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord, and I fell on my face.
• Daniel 12:5Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the stream and the other on that bank of the stream.
• Amos 8:2And He said, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel. I will not spare them any longer.
• Zechariah 4:2And he said to me, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it;
• Revelation 5:5And one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to be able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
• Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all the tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
• Psalms 2:6“But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

Commentaries on Revelation 14:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1A Lamb stood on the mount Sion - This represents Jesus Christ in his sacrificial office; mount Sion was a type of the Christian Church. And with him a hundred forty and four thousand - Representing those who were converted to Christianity from among the Jews. See Revelation 7:4. His Father's name written in their foreheads - They were professedly, openly, and practically, the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus. Different sects of idolaters have the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1And I looked - My attention was drawn to a new vision. The eye was turned away from the beast and his image to the heavenly world - the Mount Zion above. And, lo, a Lamb - See the notes on Revelation 5:6. Stood on the mount Zion - That is, in heaven. See the notes on Hebrews 12:22. Zion, literally the southern hill in the city of Jerusalem, was a name also given to the whole city; and, as that was the seat of the divine worship on earth, it became an…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Chapter Outline Those faithful to Christ celebrate the praises of God. (1-5) Three angels; one proclaiming the everlasting gospel; another, the downfal of Babylon; and a third, the dreadful wrath of God on the worshippers of the beast. The blessedness of those who die in the Lord. (6-13) A vision of Christ with a sickle, and of a harvest ripe for cutting down. (14-16) The emblem of a vintage fully ripe, trodden in the wine-press of God's wrath. (17-20)…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1standing: See Revelation 5:6; study note on Revelation 12:18. 144,000: God’s righteous remnant (see study note on Revelation 7:4–8). The mark on their foreheads (contrast Revelation 13:16–17) is the name of both the lamb and his father, showing the unity of Jesus and the Father (see John 5:20–23; 14:5–10; 17:22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-20In contrast to the beast, false prophet, and apostate Church (Re 13:1-18) and introductory to the announcement of judgments about to descend on them and the world (Re 14:8-11, anticipatory of Re 18:2-6), stand here the redeemed, "the divine kernel of humanity, the positive fruits of the history of the world and the Church" [Auberlen]. The fourteenth through sixteenth chapters describe the preparations for the Messianic judgment. As the fourteenth chapter…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 14:1

• Celibacy
• Chastity
• Continence
• God
• God Continued...
• Heaven
• Jesus Continued
• Lamb of God
• Righteous
• Vision
• Zion

In the dictionaries

• Four Thousand
• Bless
• Cloud
• Harp
• Thrust
• Torment
• Zion
• Ascension
• Chaldea; Chaldeans
• Change

Commentaries on Revelation 14

• 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