Verse 2
2. Sea of glass Not glassy sea, but sea consisting of glass. As in Revelation 4:6, it is before the throne; and the martyr spirits who in 14, I stood at a distance therefrom on mount Zion, are now advanced to this higher position. The sea, which on the former occasion was pure and colorless, is now suffused with fire, the omen of coming retribution.
Gotten… victory over Better translated by Stuart, were conquerors from the beast; that is, had come victorious from the combat with him.
Image… name The image they had never worshipped; the name they had never borne; the significance of its number they had never realized.
On the sea Like Moses of old on the shore of the Red Sea, after the overthrow of Pharaoh.
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