NAS: Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.

[1] “washing robes” is connected with the great tribulation, the white garment is the common phrase to describe first century saints and the inheritors of the promise of salvation.

Isa. 61.10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Rev. 7.14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Amo. 8.11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD

Mat. 5.6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Joh. 4.14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Joh. 7.38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

[1] dogs: used by Jesus described the non jews but it is more likely about jewish priesthood who did not done their job – watch and guard, please notice Isa. 56.10.

[2] sorcerers: in common sense persons who are magicians. Notice that the sorcererers in the NT are magicians and false prophets in the same time, they are jews and trying pervert the truth of Christ

[3] murderers: notice Acts 7.51, where all jews who denied Christ called murderer. It is connected to the image “your father the devil”. Devil is the father of the lie “Jesus it not the Messiah” and father of the prophets’ murderer.

[4] idolaters, whoremongers: Col. 3.5 defines idiolatry, it is “fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness”. The most recent idiolatry in that time is “worshiping the image of the beast”, “worshipping the idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood” (Rev. 9.20). Another idiolatry is the continuing the old system food sacrifice. This was forbidden for the gentiles and a jew who encourage a gentile to eat “meat to the idols” is guilty, “But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.” (1Co. 8.12) Notice in 1Co. 5.11 that Paul spoke against idolaters and fornificators in the Church not in the whole word – they are judged by God.

Isa. 56.10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

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Act. 13.6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

Act. 13.10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

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Joh. 8.44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Act. 7.51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

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Eph. 5.5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Rev. 2.14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

1Co. 5.11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

Col. 3.5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry

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1Jo. 5.10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

1Jo. 2.22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.