Matthew 28:3

“His countenance was like lightning, etc.] There was such a lustre and brightness in his face, that it glittered like lightning: such a description is in (<271006>Daniel 10:6), and his raiment white as snow: the word “white” is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and in Munster’s Hebrew Gospel: the angel appeared clad in white, as a token of the purity and innocence of his nature; and because of the victory and triumph of Christ over death and the grave; and that he might be known and taken by the women for a good angel, it being a commonly received notion of the Jews, that ministering angels were clothed in white f1738 . “Said R. Ame to R. Levi, show me the Persians; he said to him, they are like…”

“His countenance--appearance. was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow--the one expressing the glory, the other the purity of the celestial abode from which he came.”

“His countenance - In our language the word “countenance” refers to the “face only;” in the original it refers to his “whole person.” His “general aspect, or the appearance of the angel himself,” was, etc. Like lightning - Peculiarly bright and shining. His raiment white as snow - Celestial beings are usually represented as clothed in white, Acts 1:10; Daniel 7:9; Revelation 3:4-5; Revelation 4:4; Revelation 7:13-14. White, among the Jews, was the symbol of “purity or innocence.” return to 'Top of Page'”

“countenance: Mat 17:2; Psa 104:4; Eze 1:4-14; Dan 10:5, Dan 10:6; Rev 1:14-16, Rev 10:1, Rev 18:1 his raiment: Mar 9:3, Mar 16:5; Act 1:10; Rev 3:4, Rev 3:5 Matthew 28:4”