Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Revelation 8:10-11
10, 11. THE THIRD TRUMPET
10, 11. THE THIRD TRUMPET
Verse Revelation 8:10. _THERE FELL A GREAT STAR FROM HEAVEN_] This has given rise to various conjectures. Some say the star means _Attila_ and his Huns, others, Genseric with his Vandals falling on t...
AND THE THIRD ANGEL SOUNDED - Indicating, according to the interpretation above proposed, some important event in the downfall of the Roman empire. AND THERE FELL A GREAT STAR FROM HEAVEN - A star is...
CHAPTER S 8:6-11:18 The Sounding of the Seven Trumpets _ 1. The first trumpet (Revelation 8:6)_ 2. The second trumpet (Revelation 8:8) 3. The third trumpet (Revelation 8:10) 4. The
THE FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS. The first four trumpets, like the first four seals, form a connected group, and differ in character from the last three. They affect chiefly the natural world, which they over...
THE THIRD TRUMPET. And the third angel sounded, and there fell. great star from heaven, burning as it were. lamp, and it fell upon. third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; and the...
THE SILENCE AND THE THUNDER OF PRAYER (Revelation 8:1-5)...
The first angel sounded a blast on his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood and launched themselves on the dry land; and a third part of the dry land was burned up, and a third part...
LAMP. Greek. _lampas._ Elsewhere Revelation 4:5.Matthew 25:1; John 18:3 (torch). Acts 20:8 (light). WATERS. The texts read "the waters"....
The Third Trumpet, Revelation 8:10-11 10. _burning as it were a lamp_ Rather, LIKE A TORCH, with a flaring trail of fire. The same image is used of natural shooting stars, e.g. Verg. _Aen._ii. 694....
ΈΣΆΛΠΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΑΛΠΊΖΩ (G4537) дуть в трубу, ΈΠΕΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать, ΆΣΤΉΡ (G792) звезда, ΚΑΙΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΚΑΊΩ (G2545) гореть. ΛΑΜΠΆΣ (G29...
THERE FELL A GREAT STAR FROM HEAVEN, &C.— _Stars,_ in prophetic style, are figurative representations of many things. Among others, they signify _kings_ and _kingdoms,_—eminent persons of great author...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER VIII THE SEVENTH SEAL OPENED _Text (Revelation 8:1-13)_ 1 And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 An...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 27 Text Revelation 8:10-11 10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and u...
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; A LAMP - a torch....
__ Throne Section-The Trumpets 15 The fact that they perform priestly functions shows that they are of the priest nation. No other nation will have access to the temple (Exo_19:6; 1Pe_2:9; Rev_1:6)....
8:10 upon (e-25) upon (e-33) _ Epi_ , as ch. 16.2....
THE SEVENTH SEAL. THE FOUR TRUMPETS 1. The seventh seal is opened. Heaven waits in hushed awe for a brief period. REVELATION 8:2 TO REVELATION 11:19. The Seven Trumpets....
AS IT WERE A LAMP] RV 'as a torch.'...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 8 THE SEVENTH (7TH) *SEAL - REVELATION 8:1 V1 When the *Lamb opened the seventh (7th) *seal, there was silence in heaven for about h...
AND THE THIRD ANGEL... — Translate, _And the third angel sounded, and there fell out of the heaven a great star burning_ (or, _kindled_ — the light is not inherent, but borrowed) _as a torch_ (or, _la...
CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST SIX TRUMPETS. Revelation 8:1; Revelation 9:1. THE two consolatory visions of chap. 7 have closed, and the Seer returns to that opening of the seven Seals which had been interr...
_The first four trumpets_....
The third part of all drinking waters is poisoned by a huge, noxious, torch-like meteor shooting down from the sky (Vergil's “de coelo lapsa per umbras Stella facem ducens multa cum luce concurrit,” A...
The seventh seal includes the seven trumpets. What a contrast that pause must have been to the jubilant songs of the great multitude! In the Jewish temple, we are told, the musical instruments and cha...
The seventh and last seal on the scroll is broken. On earth uproar and strife follow as at Babel, but in heaven silence for half an hour. Then follows the sounding of trumpets initiating activities le...
-11 The previous trumpet brought trouble to the sea and this one brings it to fresh water. "Wormwood" describes bitter sorrow and misery. (Deuteronomy 29:18; Jeremiah 9:15; Jeremiah 23:15;...
(7) And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; (7) The third exe...
A great star fell. The bishop of Meaux thinks this agrees very well to Cochebas, or Barcochebas, who in Adrian's time pretended to be the true Messias of the Jews; his name also signifying a star. He...
(10) And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; (11) And the name...
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 Seventh Seal I. INTRODUCTION A. During our study of chapter 6, (during the 5th seal), we caught a glimpse "of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held....
This at once distinguishes them from the heavenly worshipers; there is no temple there; the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple. He that sits on the throne tabernacles over these, as once ov...
AND THE THIRD ANGEL SOUNDED,.... His trumpet: AND THERE FELL A GREAT STAR FROM HEAVEN; not Mahomet, as some think, for this time is too soon for him, who rose up under the fifth trumpet; nor Arius, f...
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; Ver. 10. _There fell...
An _d the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven_ Bengelius, and some other commentators, interpret this of Arius and his heresy, and the persecutions connected therewith; “and n...
The sounding of the third and fourth trumpets:...
AND THE THIRD ANGEL SOUNDED, AND THERE FELL A GREAT STAR FROM HEAVEN, BURNING AS IT WERE A LAMP, AND IT FELL UPON A THIRD ART OF THE RIVERS AND UPON THE FOUNTAINS OF WATERS;...
THE SEVENTH SEAL OPENED: Introduction to the Trumpets The last of the seven seals is now opened (v. 1) and there is silence in heaven for about half an hour before John sees seven trumpets given to...
_ 10 Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A thi...
7-13 The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood. A storm of heresies, a mixture of dreadful errors falling on the church, or a tempest of destructi...
THERE FELL A GREAT STAR FROM HEAVEN: stars, in their metaphorical notion, signify some eminent persons in the state, or in the church; accordingly interpreters are divided in their senses; some thinki...
Revelation 8:10 Then G2532 third G5154 angel G32 sounded G4537 (G5656) And G2532 great G3173 star G792 fell...
‘And the third angel sounded and there fell from heaven a great star, burning like a torch, and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of the waters, and the name of the star is...
The first four Trumpets are evidently separated from the three which follow them , both by the words of Revelation 8:13 and by the fact that they refer to things of earth, while in the latter we are b...
Revelation 8:10-11. These verses record the sounding of the third trumpet, when there fell out of heaven a great star burning as a torch. The star fell upon the third part of the waters of the earth e...
BURNING AS A TORCH (καιομενος ως λαμπας). See Revelation 4:5; Matthew 2:2, perhaps a meteor, striking at the fresh-water supply (rivers ποταμων, springs πηγας) as in the first Egyptian plague also....
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _ STAR Compare (Revelation 9:1); (Isaiah 14:12). Contrast ...
CONTENTS: Opening of the seventh seal from which seven trumpets come. Four of the trumpet judgments announced. CHARACTERS: John, seven angels, angel with censor. CONCLUSION: Woe to those who, by thei...
Revelation 8:1. _When he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour._ The holy prophets in receiving revelations sought to be silent, calm, and abstracted...
A LARGE STAR, BURNING LIKE A TORCH. It drops from the sky to show that it is God's act. It may be the Devil who inflicts these things, but God allows it and God sends it against those who persecute hi...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 8:10 WORMWOOD is a bitter-tasting plant with a poisonous extract. A STAR with these qualities makes A THIRD of the riv
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 8:6 Revelation’s third vision series (with a second interlude in Revelation 10:1) pictures judgments sent from heaven in response to the saints’ prayers. The fir
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 8:2 A brief vision of God’s heavenly temple, focusing on a golden incense altar, opens a new cycle of seven visions, each of which is introduced by an angelic trumpet bla...
These verses give us the sounding of four trumpets. As the four seals had a similarity in the four horses, so the four trumpets have a similarity, and may be considered together. At the sounding of th...
FOUR TRUMPET VOICES _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 8:1. SEVENTH SEAL.—“The main visions give us more external aspects; the interposed visions show the inner and more spiritual aspects. Th...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 8:1 AND WHEN. Καὶ ὅταν, instead of καὶ ὅτε (as in the other seals), is read in A, C, and gives a certain indefiniteness which does not belong to any of the rest (Alford)....
_10 AND THE THIRD ANGEL SOUNDED, AND THERE FELL A GREAT STAR FROM HEAVEN, BURNING AS IT WERE A LAMP, AND IT FELL UPON THE THIRD PART OF THE RIVERS, AND UPON THE FOUNTAINS OF WATERS;_ _ 11 AND THE NAM...
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour (Revelation 8:1). Silence can sometimes be an awesome thing, especially in a tremendous crowd of pe...
2 Chronicles 32:3; 2 Kings 2:19; Exodus 7:20; Exodus 7:21; Hosea 13:15
Lamp [λ α μ π α ς]. Rev., torch. See on chapter Revelation 4:5....
THE SEVEN TRUMPETS Revelation 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The seventh seal. The sixth seal was opened in the closing statements of Revelation 6:1. The seventh chapter, which was studied in our last tw...
And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, and it fell on the third part of the rivers — It seems Afric is meant by the rivers; (with which this burning part of the world ab...
The next judgment inflicted, or rather the farther progress of the former judgment, was the infecting of the waters and rivers with. mortal bitterness by. bitter star falling from heaven into them; de...