Swete’s Commentary on the Apocalypse of John

H.B. Swete’s Commentary on the Apocalypse of John receives the following comment from Don Carson in his New Testament Commentary Survey:

Swete is normally stodgy and often dull, but although he never shakes of his pedestrianism, in this commentary there is some really useful and thorough material that helps the reader to see the depth of the book

Page 162.

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Henry Barclay Swete [1835-1917], The Apocalypse of St. John. The Greek Text with Introduction and Notes, 3rd edn. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1922. Hbk. pp.338. [Click to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

• Preface to Third Edition
• Preface to Second Edition
• Preface to First Edition

• Introduction
  1. Prophecy in the Apostolic Church
  2. Apocalypses, Jewish and Christian
  3. Contents and plan of the Apocalypse of John
  4. Unity of the Apocalypse
  5. Destination
  6. Christianity in the Province of Asia
  7. Antichrist in the Province of Asia
  8. Purpose of the Apocalypse
  9. Date
  10. Circulation and reception
  11. Vocabulary, Grammar, and Style
  12. Symbolism
  13. Use of the Old Testament and of other Literature
  14. Doctrine
  15. Authorship
  16. Text
  17. Commentaries
  18. History and methods of Interpretation
• Text and Notes
• Index of Greek Words used in the Apocalypse
• Index to the Introductoon and Notes