350 “The word used is κλέπτης a ‘thief,’ and not ληστὴς a ‘robber,’ showing that secrecy, not violence, is the point of the similitude.” Plummer, _Pulp. Com._, Rev., p. 108. 351 “The word ‘white’ (λευκὸς), excepting in Mat. 5.36 and Jn. 4.35, is in the New Testament always used of _heavenly_ purity and brightness,” Plummer, _Pulp. Com._, Rev., p. 109. 352 The “book of life” is mentioned seven times in the Revelation, an indication of the place it occupied in the writer’s thought. 353 Ramsay, _Letters to Seven Ch’s_, pp. 377‐78. 354 Milligan, _Internat. Com._, Rev., p. 48. 355 Scott, _New Cent. Bib._, Rev., p. 136. 356 Ramsay, art. “Sardis,” Hastings’ _Dict. of Bib._ 357 Swete, _Apoc. of St. John_, p. 53; and Ramsay, art. “Philadelphia,” Hastings’ _Dict. of Bib._ 358 Bousset’s inference is scarcely justifiable:—“It is the tone of immediate expectation of the end; the last great struggle throughout the whole inhabited world is at hand; the storm is drawing near; already the seer beholds the lightning flash”. (_New Cent. Bib._, Rev., pp. 153‐4). Swete also interprets similarly, as referring to “the troublous times which precede the Parousia,” and adds, “This final sifting of mankind was near at hand.” (_Apoc. of St. John_, p. 55). 359 Plummer, _Pulp. Com._, Rev., p. 113; Wordsworth, quoted in _Bib. Com._, Rev., p. 547. 360 Ramsay, art. “Philadelphia,” Hastings’ _Dict. of Bib._; and his _Letters to Seven Ch’s._, p. 400. 361 “The word ‘Amen’ is here used as a proper name of our Lord; and this is the only instance of such an application.... The ‘faithful and true witness’ is an amplification of the Amen”. Plummer, _Pulp. Com._, Rev., pp. 114‐15. 362 “The origin of God’s creation.” Moffatt, _New Translation of New Testament_. 363 “Laodicea was the one famous medical centre in Phrygia.... The description of the medicine here mentioned is obscured by a mistranslation. It was not an ointment but a kollyrium, which had the form of small cylinders compounded of various ingredients, and was used either by simple application or by reduction to a powder to be smeared on the part.” Ramsay, _Letters to Seven Ch’s._, p. 429. 364 See art. “Laodicea” by Ramsay, Hastings’ _Dict. of Bib._; and Swete, _Apoc. of St. John_, pp. 61‐2. 365 See App’x F, “The Literary Structure of the Apocalypse.” 366 See Hastings’ _Dict. of Bib._, art. “Stones, Precious;” also the separate arts. in the same work on the names of precious stones which we find in the Revelation. Plummer regards the jasper, which is further described in ch. 21:11 as being “clear as crystal,” to be the modern diamond, while Cheyne thinks it the opal, and Scott identifies the sardius with our carnelian.