Rev 1:13

“And, behold, six men were coming toward the way of the high gate which was looking toward the north, and each one's double-axe of dispersion was in his hand: and one man in the midst of them, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and a girdle of sapphire about his loins: and they entered, and took their stand close to the brazen altar.”

“But the "Jesus" there alluded to is Christ, the Priest of God the most high Father; who at His First Advent came in humility, in human form, and passible, even up to the period of His passion; being Himself likewise made, through all (stages of suffering) a victim for us all; who after His resurrection was"clad with a garment down to the foot," and named the Priest of God the Father unto eternity.”

“"As it were the Son of man walking in the midst of the golden candlesticks." He says, in the midst of the churches, as it is said in Solomon, "I will walk in the midst of the paths of the just," whose antiquity is immortality, and the fountain of majesty. "Clothed with a garment down to the ankles." In the long, that is, the priestly garment, these words very plainly deliver the flesh which was not corrupted in death, and has the priesthood through suffering. "And He was girt about the paps with a golden girdle." His paps are the two testaments, and the golden girdle is the choir of saints, as gold tried in the fire. Otherwise the golden girdle bound around His breast indicates the enlightened conscience, and the pure and spiritual apprehension that is given to the churches.”

“In the law, John had a leather girdle because the Jews thought that to sin in act was the only sin.… In the Apocalypse of John, our Lord Jesus, who is seen in the middle of the seven lampstands, also wore a girdle, a golden girdle, not about his loins but about the breasts. The law is girdled about the loins, but Christ, that is, the gospel and the fortitude of the monks, binds not only wanton passion but also mind and heart. In the gospel, one is not even supposed to think anything evil; in the law, the fornicator is accused for judgment.… "It is written," he says, "in the law, 'You shall not commit adultery.' " This is the leather girdle clinging about the loins. "I say to you, anyone who even looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his heart." This is the golden girdle that is wrapped around the mind and heart.”

“He who is girded signifies Christ the Lord. By the two breasts understand the two Testaments which receive from the breast of our Lord and Savior as though from a perennial fountain and from which they nourish the Christian people unto eternal life. The golden girdle is a chorus or the multitude of saints. For just as the breast is bound by a girdle, so the multitude of the saints is bound to Christ, so that as the two Testaments encompass the two breasts they are nourished by them as by holy paps.”

“"And I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man." He saw Christ who rather often desires to be called by this name. He who is the enclothed Christ is the seven lampstands themselves. Whether the seven lampstands or the seven stars, both refer to the church.… On account of the exalted nature of the divine discourse, on occasion the genus cannot be described clearly, because it is more easily seen than expressed.… So also in this passage, among the seven lampstands he is describing the church in the Son of man. "For," the apostle says, "the two shall become one flesh, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church." As I said above, the genus is clarified through various species.”

“He was clothed with a long robe, as a high priest of those things above "according to the order of Melchizedek." Moreover, he was girded with a golden girdle, not around the loins, as other men are to check desires (for the divine flesh is not accessible to these), but at the chest, around the breasts, so that the boundlessness of the divine wrath might be restrained by benevolence and that the truth might be revealed girding about the two Testaments which are the dominical breasts through which the faithful are nourished. It is a golden girdle to indicate its excellence and purity and genuineness.”

“And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man. He says "like unto the Son of Man" after He had ascended into heaven with death conquered. For even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we no longer know Him. But well, "in the midst." For He says, "All those around Him shall offer gifts."”

“And girt about the paps with a golden girdle. He calls the two testaments the paps, with which He nourishes the holy body connected to Him. For the golden girdle is the chorus of saints, adhering to the Lord with concordant charity, embracing and keeping the testaments (as the Apostle says) in the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (Ephes. IV).”

“These Centers are the "seven golden lamp-stands," and Christ "in the midst of the seven lamp-stands," which are the seven illuminations of wisdom, that is, the metaphysical, the natural, the mathematical, the logical, the ethical, the political, and the theological. These are the "seven eyes" of the Lamb, and the seven days that followed upon the first light.”

“The breasts of the Lord are the holy teaching of the law and the gospel. This girding is a sign of the passion, concerning which the Lord himself spoke to Peter: "When you are old, another will gird you and lead you where you do not wish" The "golden girdle" is his everlasting power, washed in the blood of the Lord's passion. There is a variety of this girdle in the diversity of powers, yet there is one power behind the multitude of wonders. Another interpretation: The golden girdle is the chorus of the saints, tested as gold through fire. Another: The golden girdle around the chest is the fervent conscience and the pure spiritual understanding refined as though by fire, and so it was given to the churches.”

“And he says that "in the midst of the seven lampstands, one like a son of man"; for if the Lord Himself promises to dwell and walk among the souls that received Him, how would He not be "seen in the midst of the lampstands"? He says that the "Son of Man," Christ, who humbled himself for us "taking the form of a servant," (Philip. 2:7) became the fruit of the womb according to the divine melody (Ps. 126:3); the womb of the undefiled and ever-virgin Mary; for since Mary is a human and our sister, it is fitting that the one born from her without seed, according to the flesh the Word of God, is called the "Son of Man." And he has spoken carefully without saying "the son of man", but "like a son of man," and also God and Lord of all, Emmanuel; and the vision shows his varied form, outlining the shape from his works and powers. And first, he puts on a priestly garment; for the long "robe" and the "belt" are priestly garments; for it is said to him from God and the Father: "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." (Heb. 5:6; Ps. 109:4) But the apostle also calls Christ "a high priest and apostle of our confession," (Heb. 3:1) as one who performs priestly service and brings to himself and to the Father and the Spirit our confession of faith. And he puts on "a golden belt," having a belt with decorated attire [φάρους], as prescribed by the law for priests. For it was necessary for the difference between slaves and master to be shown, between the shadowy law and the truth in the New Covenant.”