Revelation 7:14

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — One of the twenty-four elders answers his own question from verse 13, identifying the white-robed multitude to John.

The words — οἶδας (oidas), from οἶδα, denotes knowledge gained through acquaintance or experience rather than mere intellectual awareness; the elder's "you know" is a recognition, not a test.

The thread — The blood of the Lamb as the means of cleansing recurs in 1 John 1:7 and Hebrews 13:12, and the washing of robes reappears in Revelation 22:14 as the condition for access to the tree of life.

Why it lands — The verse describes a dependence, not a moral achievement: their whiteness is received through the Lamb's blood, which places the reader's own standing in that same source.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Cross-references

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
Hebrews 13:12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
Revelation 12:11 They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
Hebrews 9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
1 Peter 1:19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
Zechariah 3:3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.
Ephesians 5:26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,