Я всегда думал, что всадник на белом коне — хороший герой этой истории. Белый же цвет добра, верно? Потом я спокойно прочитал эти восемь стихов и застрял на одной маленькой детали: его венец — не царская корона, а венок победителя, как у чемпиона состязания. А через тринадцать глав появляется другой белый конь, уже с настоящей царской короной. Чем больше я сравнивал их, тем больше первый казался хорошо сделанной копией.

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📖 Цитируемые отрывки

Revelation 1:9 (John exiled on the island of Patmos, where he receives the visions)
Revelation 5:5-7 (the Lamb, the only one worthy to open the scroll sealed with seven seals)
Zechariah 1:8-11 and 6:1-8 (the colored horses that patrol the earth, called "the four winds of heaven")
Revelation 6:1-2 (the first seal, the white horse, the bow and the victor's crown)
Revelation 6:3-4 (the second seal, the red horse that takes peace from the earth)
Matthew 24:6-8 (wars, famines and pestilences as "the beginning of birth pains")
Revelation 6:5-6 (the third seal, the black horse, the scales and the price of famine)
Matthew 20:2 (the denarius as a day's wage, in the parable of the workers)
Revelation 6:7-8 (the fourth seal, the pale horse, Death and Hades)
Ezekiel 14:21 (the four judgments: sword, famine, pestilence and wild beasts)
Revelation 19:11-16 (the Faithful and True rider on the white horse, "King of kings")

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📚 Источники

Библии на английском: English Standard Version (ESV), King James Version (KJV) и New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Richard Bauckham, "The Theology of the Book of Revelation" (1993)
Richard Bauckham, "The Climax of Prophecy: Studies on the Book of Revelation" (1993)
G.K. Beale, "The Book of Revelation" (New International Greek Testament Commentary, 1999)
David E. Aune, "Revelation 1-5 / 6-16" (Word Biblical Commentary, 1997-1998)
Robert H. Mounce, "The Book of Revelation" (New International Commentary on the NT, revised ed. 1997)
Grant R. Osborne, "Revelation" (Baker Exegetical Commentary, 2002)
Ben Witherington III, "Revelation" (New Cambridge Bible Commentary, 2003)
Richard C. Trench, "Synonyms of the New Testament" (1854)
Irenaeus of Lyons, "Against Heresies" (Adversus Haereses), book 5, chapter 30.3 (c. AD 180)
Victorinus of Pettau, "Commentary on the Apocalypse" (3rd century, d. AD 304)
Suetonius, "Life of Domitian", chapters 7 and 14 (2nd century AD)
Strong's Concordance (study of the Greek words in the text)