Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Revelation 14:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
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Quick Meaning
This verse announces earth's ripe harvest and commands reaping.
A crowned humanlike figure reaps a ripe earth
This verse is one part of that explanation in Revelation 14:14-20. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Revelation 14:14-20
Read Revelation 14:15 with 14:14-20. This verse announces earth's ripe harvest and commands reaping. The complete unit's controlling movement is: A crowned humanlike figure reaps earth's ripe harvest; angels then gather grapes into God's winepress, producing an enormous city-outside blood image.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The preceding movement establishes: Revelation 14:6-13 established this prior movement: An eternal-gospel angel calls all peoples to creator worship, a second announces Babylon's fall, a third warns beast worshipers, and a heavenly beatitude blesses those who die in the Lord. This unit then contributes: A crowned humanlike figure reaps earth's ripe harvest; angels then gather grapes into God's winepress, producing an enormous city-outside blood image. The following movement develops: Revelation 15:1-4 continues the book through this next movement: Before the last plagues, those who conquered the beast stand beside the fiery glass sea and sing that God's works and ways are just, holy, and destined for worldwide worship. At Revelation 14:15, this verse announces earth's ripe harvest and commands reaping.
What Remains True
Revelation 14:15 shows that announces earth's ripe harvest and commands reaping; its faithful force remains governed by creator worship, the slain Lamb, truthful witness, patient endurance, justice, and new creation.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Revelation 14:14-20 — Two Harvests Picture Climactic JudgmentSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete coverage.
Exact location: Revelation 14:14-20, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Revelation.txt, 14:14-20
Open the Revelation Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Revelation with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual variants, imagery, cross-references, and stated alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Revelation PDF, printed pp. 2408–2447, 14:14-20 and attached translator/textual notes
Open the official NET Revelation PDF ↗