Matthew Poole and continuators on Revelation 1:7

7 Behold , he cometh with clouds , and every eye shall see him , and they also which pierced him : and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him : Even so, Amen.

St. Iohn being to speak of the various Afflictions of the Church of God, which should immediately begin, and hold on during the whole time that Rome should continue heathen, and 1260 years after, during the whole reign of the Beast, prepareth Christians for it, by calling them by the Eye of Faith to see (tho at a great distance) Christ coming to Judgment, whom

he speaks of as already coming, (according to the usual stile of Prophets, who use to speak of those things that shall shortly be done, or certainly, as if they were already done) he describes the manner of Christ's coming to Judgment, and saith, he cometh with Clouds, that is, in a glorious manner, in the Clouds with great Power and Glory, Matth. 24.30. and 25.31. in his Glory, and all the holy Angles with him, with ten thousands of his Saints, Jude 14. with a Shout, the Voice of the Archangel, and the Trump of God, 1 Thess. 4.16. here, with the Clouds, bright and glorious Clouds, not obscuring him, but making his Appearance more glorious and terrible.

He shall come visibly; for, Acts 1.11. he shall so come, as he was seen going up to Heaven, Isa. 40.5.

They also which pierced him shall look on him, Zech. 12.10. yea, not those only which pierced him with their Spears, but every Sinner who hath pierced him with his Sins, Heb. 6.6. From whence we may observe, that the Resurrection will be general; and those in the great Mogul's Country are like to awake out of their Sleep in the Grave, as well as others.

The last words are either a prophetical Assertion, confirming the Truth of what he had said, or a pious Prayer or Desire, or rather both together.

All the Nations of the Earth; Gr. the Tribes of the Earth, shall wail, not with a mourning of Repentance, the time for that will be past, but with a wailing of Despair and Horror.

Marginal references: Dan. 7.13. Matth. 26.64.; Zech. 12.10. Joh. 19.37.