12. (See on
Re 17:4).
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,
Re 11:8)
was famed. Contrast "the fine linen"
(Eze 16:10)
put on Israel, and on the New Testament Church
(Re 19:8),
the Bride, by God
(Ps 132:9).
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."
JFB.
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