1. Revelation 19:21 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does the passage repeat that the owner of the sword “was sitting on the horse”?

Revelation 19:21 (ESV)

21 And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

This repetition serves to tie this entire section together; that is, the section ends where it began ( Revelation 19:11)—with the white horse. Given that the Rider initially went out “conquering and to conquer” (Revelation 6:2), it cannot be otherwise than that his sword would be victorious.