Revelation 1:14 (GNV)

Passage

His head, and heares were white as white wooll, and as snowe, and his eyes were as a flame of fire,

Nearby Context

Revelation 1:12 Then I turned backe to see the voyce, that spake with me: and when I was turned, I sawe seuen golden candlestickes,

Revelation 1:13 And in the middes of the seuen candlestickes, one like vnto the Sonne of man, clothed with a garment downe to the feete, and girded about the pappes with a golden girdle.

Revelation 1:14 His head, and heares were white as white wooll, and as snowe, and his eyes were as a flame of fire,

Revelation 1:15 And his feete like vnto fine brasse, burning as in a fornace: and his voyce as the sounde of many waters.

Revelation 1:16 And he had in his right hand seuen starres: and out of his mouth went a sharpe two edged sword: and his face shone as the sunne shineth in his strength.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "head", "heares", "white", "wooll", "snowe", "eyes", and "flame". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "head" and "heares", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And in the middes of the seuen..." into verse 15's "And his feete like vnto fine brasse...", so "head" and "heares" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "head" and "heares" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.