1, 2. ἜΡΧΟΝ. ΚΑῚ ΕἾΔΟΝ, ΚΑῚ ἸΔΟΎ. אB2 and Latin read ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε, καὶ ἰδού; hence Text. Rec[229] reads ἔρχου καὶ βλέπε from Vg[230] [229] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [230] Vulgate. Revelation 6:1-2. THE FIRST SEAL... [ Continue Reading ]
ΕἾΔΟΝ. Primas[226] omits. [226] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ΛΈΓΟΝΤΟΣ ὩΣ ΦΩΝῊ ΒΡΟΝΤΗ͂Σ. A reads ὡς φ. β. λέγοντος; Primas[227] omits ὡς φ. β.; א reads λεγόντων ὡς φωνὴν β.; Text. Rec[228] with P 1 λόγοντος ὡς φωνῆς β. [227] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [228] Rec. Textus Receptus as prin... [ Continue Reading ]
ΝΙΚΩ͂Ν. A arm[231] read ὁ νικῶν (arm[232] omitting the following καί). [231] Armenian. [232] Armenian. ΚΑῚ ἽΝΑ ΝΙΚΉΣΗΙ. א reads καὶ ἐνίκησεν; Primas[233] _Et exiit ut vinceret et victor exiit_. [233] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 2. ἸΔΟῪ ἽΠΠΟΣ ΛΕΥΚΌΣ. The image of these four horses is certain... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΡΧΟΥ. Text. Rec[234] adds καὶ βλέπε; א καὶ ἴδε; Latt. _et vide_. [234] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.... [ Continue Reading ]
3, 4. THE SECOND SEAL... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ἘΞΗ͂ΛΘΕΝ. א reads καὶ ἴδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθεν. ἘΔΌΘΗ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι. אcA omit αὐτῷ. ΣΦΆΞΟΥΣΙΝ with AC 36; Text. Rec[235] reads σφάξωσιν with אB2P 1 &c. [235] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 4. ἘΔΌΘΗ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι: see crit. note and on Revelation 2:7. ΤῊΝ ΕἸΡΉΝΗΝ. This may mean merely “peac... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΡΧΟΥ with ACP; Text. Rec[236] καὶ βλέπε; אB2 καὶ ἴδε; Latt. _et vide_. [236] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ΚΑῚ ΕἾΔΟΝ, ΚΑῚ ἸΔΟΎ. B2 omits καὶ εἶδον; Primas[237] omits καὶ ἰδού. [237] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 5. ΖΥΓΌΝ. What follows proves that scarcity rather than oppress... [ Continue Reading ]
5, 6. THE THIRD SEAL... [ Continue Reading ]
ΦΩΝΉΝ. One of the many voices heard throughout this book without anyone being defined as the speaker. ΧΟΙ͂ΝΙΞ ΣΊΤΟΥ. The object of the voice is rather to _define_ the extent of the scarcity than, as some say, to mitigate it. It is noticeable that here as in 2 Kings 7:18 there is a simple ratio betwe... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΡΧΟΥ with ACP; Text. Rec[238] adds καὶ βλέπε with אB2 (καὶ ἴδε) and Latt.; B2 and several MSS. of Vg[239] omit καὶ εἶδον, and Primas[240] καὶ ἰδοὺ, in Revelation 6:8. [238] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [239] Vulgate. [240] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 7. ἬΚΟΥΣΑ ΦΩΝΉΝ. The sl... [ Continue Reading ]
7, 8. THE FOURTH SEAL... [ Continue Reading ]
ἨΚΟΛΟΎΘΕΙ ΜΕΤʼ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. Origen quotes this as if he read ὁ θάνατος, καὶ ὁ ᾄδης�. ἘΔΌΘΗ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ. B2 &c. read ἐδ. αὐτῷ. ὙΠῸ ΤΩ͂Ν ΘΗΡ. A reads τὸ τέταρτον τε͂ν θηρίων. 8. ΧΛΩΡΌΣ. “Livid,” lit. “green,” as in Revelation 8:7, but used constantly of the paleness of the human face when terror-struck, o... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΩ͂Ν ἘΣΦΑΓΜΈΝΩΝ. Clem. reads μεμαρτυρηκότων; Hipp[241] τῶν πεπελεκισμένων, as Revelation 20:4. אP 1 read τῶν�. [241] St Hippolytus. The readings not given by Tischendorf are from the newly published 4th book of his commentary on Daniel. ΔΙᾺ ΤῸΝ ΛΌΓΟΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂, ΚΑῚ ΔΙᾺ ΤῊΝ ΜΑΡΤ. ἫΝ ΕἾΧ. Hipp[242]... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIFTH SEAL... [ Continue Reading ]
ἜΚΡΑΞΑΝ ΦΩΝΗ͂Ι ΜΕΓΆΛΗΙ, ΛΈΓΟΝΤΕΣ. Hipp[245] reads καὶ ἐβόησαν καὶ εἶπον πρὸς τὸν θεόν. [245] St Hippolytus. The readings not given by Tischendorf are from the newly published 4th book of his commentary on Daniel. 10. ἝΩΣ ΠΌΤΕ. Psalms 94 (93 LXX.):3 ἕως πότε ἁμαρτωλοὶ κύριε, ἕως πότε ἁμαρτωλοὶ καυχ... [ Continue Reading ]
ἘΔΌΘΗ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ ἙΚΆΣΤΩΙ ΣΤΟΛῊ ΛΕΥΚΉ. Hipp[246] reads ἐδόθησαν αὐτοῖς στολαὶ λευκαὶ, and so Vg[247]; Primas[248] _datae sunt eis singulis stolae albae_ (omitting the rest of the verse which Cyp[249] recognises); B2 omits ἑκάστῳ. [246] St Hippolytus. The readings not given by Tischendorf are from the... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΣΕΙΣΜῸΣ with אB2CP 1 and early Vg[253] *; Text. Rec[254] reads καὶ ἰδοὺ σεισμὸς with A and late Vg[255] [253] Vulgate. [254] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [255] Vulgate. ΜΈΓΑΣ ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ with אB2CP; A reads ἐγένετο μέγας. ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ ΜΈΛΑΣ with ACP; Tisch[256] reads μέλας ἐγένετο wi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SIXTH SEAL... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΟΥ͂ ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΟΥ͂. Primas[258] omits; A reads τοῦ θεοῦ. [258] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ΒΆΛΛΕΙ. Tisch[259] reads βάλλουσα with א and many cursives. [259] Tischendorf: eighth edition; where the text aud notes differ the latter are cited. 13. ΟἹ�. Here we return to the Prophecy of the Mount o... [ Continue Reading ]
ΝΗ͂ΣΟΣ. א reads βουνός. ἘΚΙΝΉΘΗΣΑΝ. א* reads ἐκίνησαν; A ἀπεκείνησαν. 14. ἈΠΕΧΩΡΊΣΘΗ. A. V[267] _departed_, i.e. parted asunder. The verb _depart_ was so used (only in a transitive sense) in the Marriage Service until the last revision of the Prayer Book, “till death us depart,” i.e. “till death p... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ΧΙΛΊΑΡΧΟΙ, ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ΠΛΟΎΣΙΟΙ, ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ἸΣΧΥΡΟΊ. Cop[260] omits καὶ οἱ χιλίαρχοι; A omits the first καὶ; 1 36 read καὶ οἱ πλούσιοι καὶ οἱ χιλ.; 1 36 aeth[261] omit καὶ οἱ ἰσχυροί. [260] Coptic. [261] Aethiopic Version. 15. ΧΙΛΊΑΡΧΟΙ. The word means lit. “captains of thousands,” and was in St Joh... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΛΈΓΟΥΣΙΝ. The present after ἔκρυψαν suggests that ἔκρυψαν like καὶ ἐτελέσθη Revelation 10:7 is an Hebraistic equivalent to the future. ΤΟΙ͂Σ ὌΡΕΣΙΝ. Hosea 10:8 : adopted by our Lord, Luke 23:30. In that passage, it is entirely natural to understand Him to refer to the destruction of Jerusalem _o... [ Continue Reading ]
ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν with אC syr[262] vg[263] Test. Rec. Lach[264] Weiss. read αὐτοῦ with AB2P. [262] Syriac. [263] Vulgate. [264] Lachmann’s larger edition. 17. ἮΛΘΕΝ Ἡ ἩΜΈΡΑ Ἡ ΜΕΓΆΛΗ. So the world has thought in every great social convulsion, since they have learnt so far to believe the Gospel, as to confess... [ Continue Reading ]