Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Revelation 6:12-17
THE SIXTH SEAL
THE SIXTH SEAL
Verse Revelation 6:12. _THE SIXTH SEAL_] This seal also is opened and introduced by Jesus Christ alone. _A GREAT EARTHQUAKE_] A most stupendous change in the civil and religious constitution of the...
AND I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL - See the notes at Revelation 5:1; Revelation 6:1. AND, LO, THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE - Before endeavoring to ascertain to what the sixth seal was des...
CHAPTER S 6 The Opening of the Seven Seals _ 1. The first seal (Revelation 6:1)_ 2. The second seal (Revelation 6:3) 3. The third seal (Revelation 6:5) 4. The fourth seal ...
REVELATION 6. THE OPENING OF THE SEALS. When the seals of the book are opened by the Lamb, a number of woes are let loose upon the world. The first four are described under the figure of horses of dif...
THE SIXTH SEAL. I must ask the reader to attentively examine the latter portion of Revelation, chapter VI., before reading what. have to say under the head of the sixth seal. It runs as follows: And....
THE OPENING OF THE SEALS (Revelation 6:1-8) As one by one the seals of the roll are opened, history unfolds itself before John's eyes. As we study this section, we must remember one general fact whi...
I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; and the stars of the heaven fell upon...
SIXTH SEAL. The signs immediately preceding the Advent of Revelation 19; Matthew 24:4 (1st. The False Messiah), Revelation 6:1 Matthew 24:6 ...
The Sixth Seal, Revelation 6:12-17 12. _a great earthquake_ Earthquakes follow wars, famines, and pestilences in Matthew 24:7, as the _earlier_signs of the approach of Christ's Coming. But here it is...
_SEAL SIX WAS OPENED REVELATION 6:12-17:_ The sixth seal pictured the day of the Lord as a Day of Judgment upon a wicked nation. John used the same idea the prophets had used to picture the judgment o...
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I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL, &C.— The sixth seal or period produces mighty changes and revolutions, which, according to the prophetic style, are expressed by great commotions in the ear...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 20 Text: Revelation 6:12-17 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER VI THE OPENING OF THE SEALS _Text (Revelation 6:1-17)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatu...
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; As ; Revelation 6:6, the sword, f...
__ Throne section-The 144,000 12 Compare Mat_24:29. 12 This cataclysm affects heaven as well as earth. There will be many quakes at the time of the end (Rev_8:5; Rev_8:11-13; Rev_8:19; Rev_16:18)....
THE SIX SEALS The afflicted Church has been reminded in Revelation 4 f. that God is over all, and that the future is committed to the Lamb. Now (Revelation 6 - Revelation 8:1) she is shown that future...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 THE 7 *SEALS - REVELATION 6:1-8 THE FIRST 6 *SEALS - REVELATION 6:1-17...
(_12-14_) _AND I BEHELD..._ — Better, And I saw when He opened the sixth seal, and (omit “lo!”) a great shaking took place, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon all became as bl...
(12-17) THE SIXTH SEAL. — The seals follow the lines laid down by our Lord in Matthew 24. There He tells His disciples that wars (Revelation 6:6), famines and pestilences (Revelation 6:7), and persecu...
CHAPTER IV. THE SEALED ROLL OPENED. Revelation 6:1. WITH the sixth chapter of the Apocalypse the main action of the book may be said properly to begin. Three sections of the seven into which it is d...
The earthquake (reff.), darkening of sun by atmospheric disturbances, (Verg. _Georg_. i. 463 f., Lucan i. 75 f. 522 f., Compare Ass. Mos. Revelation 10:4 f.: et tremebit terra. Usque ad fines suas con...
_The sixth seal opened_ (_cf._ Crashaw's _To the Name of Jesus_, 220 234)....
“THE WRATH OF THE LAMB” Revelation 6:9 This imagery is very majestic; but we cannot really think that the holy martyrs desire to be revenged, except in love and grace. That their persecutors should b...
We now pass to that section of the Book in which, under the heavenly order by earthly administration, events proceed toward the great consummation. The Lamb, holding the book, breaks the seals. The a...
The language of this verse is very similar to prophetic descriptions of God's judgment against Babylon and the opening of the doors to the kingdom, which also meant the bringing to a close the Jewish...
(9) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as (c) sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; (9) The sixth sign, a narrat...
At the opening of the sixth seal....a great earthquake, &c. Many think that these dreadful signs, of the sun turning black, &c. are not to happen till the time of antichrist, a little before the end o...
(12) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; (13) And the stars of heaven fe...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The 7 Seals Part 3 To stop sinning suddenly.--Elbert Hubbard Quotes from Eddie Marquez, a young man that I watched die of AIDS on Tuesday morning, July 20, 6:00 AM (1993). He was a hemafhiliac and c...
What is to follow on earth now begins, when the seals are opened. It will be remarked here, that John, standing in the ruin of the assembly, gives prophetically all that passes from that failure till...
AND I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL,.... Of the sealed book which the Lamb took out of the hand of him that sat upon the throne, in order to open it, and unloose its seals. About this seal...
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; Ver. 12. _There was a great earthqu...
_And I beheld_ Further in my vision; _when he_ The Lamb; _had opened the sixth seal; and lo! there was a great earthquake_ Greek, σεισμος μεγας εγενετο, _there was a great concussion:_ for the express...
EARTHQUAKE-THE SUN BECAME BLACK-MOON BECAME AS BLOOD-STARS OF HEAVEN FELL-THE HEAVEN DEPARTED-EVERY MOUNTAIN AND ISLAND WERE MOVED; here as often elsewhere, symbols of great commotions, dissolutions o...
WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL; according to either of the interpretations of this seal above given, the course of events indicated in the preceding five seals had a remarkable fulfilment in histor...
The opening of the sixth seal:...
AND I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL, AND, LO, THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE; AND THE SUN BECAME BLACK AS SACKCLOTH OF HAIR, AND THE MOON BECAME AS BLOOD;...
THE FIRST SEAL: THE WHITE HORSE (vv. 1-2) In the Lamb's opening of the seals our sight is transferred again to earth, but John does not return there. His vision is from heaven. The first seal (v. 1)...
12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to...
12-17 When the sixth seal was opened, there was a great earthquake. The foundations of churches and states would be terribly shaken. Such bold figurative descriptions of great changes abound in the p...
AND I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL; the sixth of those seals with which the book was sealed, mentioned REVELATION 5:1: this signifieth the revelation of some things which should happen in...
A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop And the kings of the earth, and all the great men, and the tribunes, and the rich men, and the strong men, and every slave, and every fre...
Revelation 6:12 G2532 looked G1492 (G5627) when G3753 opened G455 (G5656) sixth G1623 seal G4973 and...
CHAPTER 6 THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SIX SEALS. The next stage of John's vision describes the opening of the seals by the Lamb, and it will soon be clear that the result is the outworking of world histo...
‘And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood, and the stars of the heaven fell to the e...
THE OPENING OF THE SIXTH SEAL (REVELATION 6:12). ‘And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in th...
With the beginning of this chapter we enter upon the fourth or leading section of the Apocalypse, extending to chap. Revelation 18:24. The section contains what had been described in chap. Revelation...
THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE (σεισμος μεγας εγενετο). "There came a great earthquake." Jesus spoke of earthquakes in his great eschatological discourse (Mark 13:8). In Matthew 24:29 the powers of th...
Revelation 6:12. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood, and the stars of he...
CONTENTS: The opening of the seals. CHARACTERS: Christ, John. CONCLUSION: Woe to those who dwell upon the earth in the days of the great Tribulation, when the wrath of God is poured forth for the fin...
Revelation 6:1. _One of the living creatures,_ that is, the lion, with a voice roaring like thunder, said, _Come and see._ The saints must keep their eyes on what the Lord is doing in the earth. Revel...
AND I SAW THE LAMB BREAK OPEN THE SIXTH SEAL. The sixth seal introduces the Judgment, and shows us something of the terror of the wicked at that time. The events of Revelation 6:12-14 are to be lumped...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 6:12 The SIXTH SEAL previews the destruction of the first heaven and earth (Revelation 20:11;...
The sixth seal was opened and there was an earthquake; the sun became black; the moon became like blood; the stars fell; the heavens departed as a scroll; and the mountains and islands were moved out...
CALAMITIES ON THE OPENING OF SIX SEALS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE first catastrophe, or overthrow of the Jewish persecuting power, is the subject of chaps. 6–11. Some take the subject in a...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 6:1 AND I SAW. A new departure in the series of visions is marked (see on Revelation 4:1). We have here the commencement of the Revelation proper, to which the first five chapt...
_12 AND I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL, AND, LO, THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE; AND THE SUN BECAME BLACK AS SACKCLOTH OF HAIR, AND THE MOON BECAME AS BLOOD;_ _ 13 AND THE STARS OF HEAVEN F...
Now in chapter six, He begins to open the scroll. And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four living creatures saying, Come and see. And...
1 Kings 19:11; Acts 2:19; Acts 2:20; Amos 1:1; Amos 8:9;...
The sixth seal. "The Apocalypse is molded by the great discourse of our Lord upon 'the last things' which has been preserved for us in the first three Gospels (Matthew 24:4; Matthew 25.; Mark 13:5-37;...
THE OPENING OF THE SEALS Revelation 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS This study will discover unto us those events which will particularly mark the beginning of sorrows. There are four horse riders to be bro...
And I saw — This sixth seal seems particularly to point out God's judgment on the wicked departed. St. John saw how the end of the world was even then set before those unhappy spirits. This representa...
A threefold interpretation is given relating to this sixth seal, and the opening of it. 1. Some apply it altogether to the Jews, and that their destruction in Judea and at Jerusalem was so dismal, tha...