Song 5:10 | JFB | STEP | 10. ( ). white and ruddy —health and beauty. So David (equivalent to beloved ), His forefather after the flesh, and type ( ). "The Lamb" is at once His nuptial and sacrificial name ( ), characterized by white and red; white, His spotless manhood ( ). The Hebrew for white is properly "illuminated by the sun," white as the light" (compare ); red, in His blood-dyed garment as slain ( ). Angels are white, not red; the blood of martyrs does not enter heaven; His alone is seen there. chiefest —literally, "a standard bearer"; that is, as conspicuous above all others, as a standard bearer is among hosts ( ; compare ). The chief of sinners needs the "chiefest" of Saviours.

Song of Solomon 5:10

white and ruddy—health and beauty. So David (equivalent to beloved), His forefather after the flesh, and type (1Sa 17:42). "The Lamb" is at once His nuptial and sacrificial name (1Pe 1:19; Re 19:7), characterized by white and red; white, His spotless manhood (Re 1:14). The Hebrew for white is properly "illuminated by the sun," white as the light" (compare Mt 17:2); red, in His blood-dyed garment as slain (Isa 63:1-3; Re 5:6; 19:13). Angels are white, not red; the blood of martyrs does not enter heaven; His alone is seen there.

chiefest—literally, "a standard bearer"; that is, as conspicuous above all others, as a standard bearer is among hosts (Ps 45:7; 89:6; Isa 11:10; 55:4; Heb 2:10; compare 2Sa 18:3; Job 33:23; Php 2:9-11; Re 1:5). The chief of sinners needs the "chiefest" of Saviours.