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Revelation 14:1

What does Revelation 14:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Revelation 14:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Revelation 14:1 means

John is shown a scene of triumph: the Lamb stands on Mount Zion, not in defeat but in royal authority. With Him are a hundred and forty and four thousand, a complete, consecrated company. Their foreheads bear His name and His Father’s name, marking them as belonging to God and under His protection. This seal contrasts with the mark of the beast in the previous chapter. Their identity is not shaped by fear or compromise but by God’s ownership and the Lamb’s fellowship. Zion signals God’s dwelling and His promised kingdom. The picture comforts embattled believers: whatever the beast may claim, the Lamb rules and keeps His redeemed.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And I saw the Lamb on the mountain of Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, marked on their brows with his name and the name of his Father.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I saw, and lo, a Lamb having stood upon the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousands, having the name of his Father written upon their foreheads;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And I beheld: and lo a Lamb stood upon mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing upon mount Zion, and with him a hundred [and] forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written upon their foreheads.

Context

After the terror of chapter 13, where the beast demands universal allegiance, Revelation 14 opens with a counter-vision. The Lamb and the sealed 144,000 appear first to set the tone: God has a preserved people. This opening establishes the chapter’s contrast between those who belong to the Lamb and those who follow the beast. The scene prepares for the heavenly sounds and the unique song (verses 2–3), and the description of the 144,000’s character (verses 4–5), before shifting to universal warnings through angelic proclamations (verses 6–11).

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v.2And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heardwasasthe voiceof harpers harping with their harps:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Revelation 6:8

    And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

  • Revelation 7:3

    saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.

  • Ezekiel 44:4

    Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face.

  • Isaiah 49:14

    But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.

  • Ezekiel 10:1

    Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

  • Revelation 14:14

    And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloudI sawone sitting like unto a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

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