Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 16:7
Yea — Answering the angel of the waters, and affirming of God's judgments in general, what he had said of one particular judgment.
Yea — Answering the angel of the waters, and affirming of God's judgments in general, what he had said of one particular judgment.
AND I HEARD ANOTHER - Evidently another angel, though this is not specified. OUT OF THE ALTAR - Either the angel of the altar - that is, who presided over the altar (Prof. Stuart), or an angel whose v...
CHAPTER 16 Revelation 16:1 . The great voice commands the seven angels to go on their way and to empty the bowls upon the earth (Ps. 49:24). And these vials of judgments affect not only the Roman Emp...
REVELATION 16:2. The first bowl. The wrath of God is poured out on the worshippers of the beast, _i.e._ Antichrist, _i.e._ Nero. MARK OF THE BEAST: REVELATION 13:16 *. WORSHIPPED HIS IMAGE: _ i.e._ th...
THE THIRD VIAL. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. And. heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous,. Lord, which art, a...
THE SEVEN BOWLS OF THE WRATH OF GOD (Revelation 16:1-21) It will be better to read through the whole chapter before we study it in detail. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying to the seven...
ANOTHER OUT OF. The texts omit. Supply the ellipsis with "the angel of"; compare angel of the waters, Revelation 16:5. LORD. O LORD. ALMIGHTY. App-98. TRUE. App-175. See p. 1511. JUDGMENTS. App-17...
_another out of_ Should be omitted: St John "heard the Altar" itself "say" what follows. Why the unusual image should be used of the Altar speaking, instead of a voice only coming from it (cf. Revelat...
ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΥΣΙ. B2 1 read ἐκ τοῦ θ., 36 φωνὴν ἐκ τοῦ θ. Primas[551] has _aliam vocem dicentem_, am[552] _alterum dicens_, a mistake for (?) _altare dicens_. Vg[553] has _alterum ab altari dicentem_ which e...
THE THIRD VIAL...
_THE FIRST THREE VIALS OF GOD'S WRATH REVELATION 16:1-7:_ This voice that speaks has to be the voice of God because no one else could enter the Temple because of the smoke. The message to "the seven a...
ΉΚΟΥΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΊΟΝ (G2379) жертвенник, алтарь, ΝΑΊ (G3483) да, конечно, ΠΑΝΤΟΚΡΆΤΩΡ (G3841) всемогущий (_см._ Revelation 1:8). ΑΛΗΘΙΝΌΣ ...
THE SECOND ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL, &C.— This vial _is poured out upon the sea,_ and the sea becomes as _the blood of a dead man,_ or as congealed blood; and, in like manner, under the second trumpe...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XVI _Text (Revelation 16:1-21)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the wra...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 52 Text Revelation 16:4-7 4 And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters sa...
And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. ANOTHER OUT OF. Omitted in 'Aleph (') A C, Syriac, Coptic. 'I heard the altar (personifi...
__ Temple Section-The Bowls 3 This corresponds very closely with the second trumpet (Rev_8:8). That was limited to a third and affected the ships. The blood here is ''as if of a dead man." 4 The th...
THE SEVEN BOWLS In the last chapter there was a pause of suspense, during which the angels of the 'plagues' were seen coming forth from the Presence of God to pour out His wrath. In this chapter the...
ANOTHER OUT OF THE ALTAR] RV 'the altar': cp. Revelation 6:9; Revelation 8:3. The altar is personified: see previous note....
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 16 THE 7 BOWLS OF GOD’S ANGER - REVELATION 16:1-21 V1 Then I heard a loud voice from the *temple. It said to the 7 *angels, ‘Go. Po...
AND I HEARD... — Translate, _And I heard_ (not “another out of the altar,” but) _the altar saying, Even so, Lord God the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments._ The altar beneath which the so...
(5-7) But this state of things is declared to be a just retribution, and reasonably so; for the corruption arises because the true power of life has been rejected: it is the refusal of the good, the w...
Revelation 16:1 CHAPTER XII THE SEVEN BOWLS. Revelation 15:1; Revelation 16:1. NOTHING can more clearly prove that the Revelation of St John is not written upon chronological principl
No more drinking water. The justice of this particular plague is acknowledged by (Revelation 16:5-6) the angel of the element in question and by (7) the altar (personified here, in line of Revelation...
RECOMPENSE FOR THE BLOOD OF SAINTS Revelation 16:1 It makes us pause to hear that angels, who rejoice over one sinner that repenteth, are employed in these terrible judgments. It is very startling to...
A condensed and graphic description of the processes of judgment on the rebellious and sinful race follows. Evil has wrought itself out to its most terrible expression, and now it is to be smitten wit...
Hendriksen writes, "Underneath the altar the souls of the martyrs had cried for vengeance (cf. Revelation 6:9; Revelation 8:3-5) So when this vengeance is rendered, it is the altar that replies: 'Yea,...
(6) And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments. (6) A confirmation of the praise before going out of the sanctuary of God, whether imm...
(4) And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. (5) And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast...
We begin now what may be called the second volume of the Revelation. The prophetic part of the book divides into two portions at this point. This is another land-mark that cannot be despised, if we wo...
The Bowl Judgments At a children's missions conference I asked, "Where is the safest place in the world?" Matthew age 7, answered in all seriousness, "I think it's where God wants you to be!" I. INT...
The first vial of wrath brought the utmost distress and shameful misery on all who had taken the mark of the beast. The second brought the power of moral death on the mass of peoples; all who were amo...
AND I HEARD ANOTHER OUT OF THE ALTAR SAY,.... That is, another angel that came out of the altar; see Revelation 14:18 and who represents the souls under the altar, whose blood had been shed by the abo...
And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous _are_ thy judgments. Ver. 7. _And I heard another_] That in the mouth of two witnesses this truth might be est...
_And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers a fountains of waters_, &c. Or those territories of the Papacy which were as necessary to it as rivers and fountains are to a country: the kind...
OUT OF THE ALTAR; under which are the souls of the martyrs whose blood has been shed by these persecutors. Chap Revelation 6:9....
THE SEVEN VIALS OF WRATH ARE POURED OUT. The emptying of the first three vials:...
AND I HEARD ANOTHER OUT OF THE ALTAR SAY, EVEN SO, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS ARE THY JUDGMENTS. Here the spiritual fate of the Lord's enemies is shown: And I heard a loud voice out of the...
THE FIRST BOWL POURED OUT (vv. 1-2) A great voice from the temple now commands the execution of judgment. Grace has been patient; justice has not been hasty, but is to be apportioned out precisely...
_ 7 And I heard another from the altar saying, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.”_ A. A second angel affirms the righteousness of the judgment of God. Jehovah is Alm...
1-7 We are to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven. Here is a succession of terrible judgments of Providence; and there seems to be an allusion to several of the pla...
Others also, either members of the church triumphant or militant, or both, shall in that day give glory to God, as a God of power, able to do such things; of righteousness, thus giving these bloody me...
Revelation 16:7 And G2532 heard G191 (G5656) another G243 from G1537 altar G2379 saying G3004 (G5723) so...
‘And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, you who are and were, you holy one, because you did thus judge. For they poured out the blood of God's people (saints) and prophets, an...
Revelation 16:7. Not only is an acknowledgment of the righteousness of God's judgment given by the ‘waters;' the martyred saints also respond. The ALTAR (not as in the Authorised Version ‘another out...
O LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY (Κυριε ο θεος ο παντοκρατωρ). Just as in Revelation 15:3 in the Song of Moses and of the Lamb, vocative with the article ο. "Judgments" (κρισεις) here instead of "ways" (οδ...
CONTENTS: Vials of God's wrath poured out. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John, 7 angels, beast, 3 demons. CONCLUSION: There shall, in the great Tribulation period, be poured out such manifestations of the...
Revelation 16:1. _Pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth._ The catastrophes of nations have their origin in heaven. “Oh Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff of my indignation....
I HEARD THE ANGEL. He declares the justice of what God is doing! God's people have cried out for vengeance (Revelation 6:9-11); and God heard them and promised to answer these prayers (Revelation 8:1-...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 16:1 The first four bowls inflict plagues on the earth, sea, rivers and springs, and sun (compare Revelation 8:7). The destruction poured out from the bowls is t
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 16:4 With the THIRD bowl, RIVERS and SPRINGS (sources of drinking water) will be turned to BLOOD. “
Chapter sixteen relates the pouring out of the vials. And they bear a close resemblance to the opening of the seals and the sounding of the trumpets in the preceding section of the Book. As previously...
THE SEVEN VIALS, OR BOWLS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ “THIS chapter describes the pouring out of the seven vials—that is to say, the extremest punishments of God—upon the throne and empire of the...
EXPOSITION In the judgments of the _vials, _or _bowls, _we have undoubtedly a recapitulation of what has been already foretold in the trumpet and seal visions. This recapitulation is not a mere repeti...
_4 AND THE THIRD ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE RIVERS AND FOUNTAINS OF WATERS; AND THEY BECAME BLOOD._ _ 5 AND I HEARD THE ANGEL OF THE WATERS SAY, THOU ART RIGHTEOUS, O LORD, WHICH ART, AND W...
In the fifteenth chapter of the book of Revelation, we had sort of the introduction to chapter sixteen, as we saw the seven angels in heaven who are given the seven final plagues which complete the ju...
Ezekiel 10:2; Ezekiel 10:7; Isaiah 6:6; Revelation 13:10; Revel
Another out of the altar. Omit another out of, and read, as Rev., I heard the altar. The altar personified. Compare ch. 6 9, where the souls of the martyrs are seen under the altar and cry how long....
MERCY AND PUNISHMENT Revelation 14:1, _Revelation 15:1; Revelation 16:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open our study on three Chapter s in Revelation, we find various scenes in chapte