Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Revelation 8:12-13
12, 13. THE FOURTH TRUMPET
12, 13. THE FOURTH TRUMPET
Verse Revelation 8:12. _THE THIRD PART OF THE SUN - MOON - STARS, WAS SMITTEN_] Supposed to mean _Rome_, with her _senates, consuls_, c., eclipsed by _Odoacer_, king of the Heruli, and _Theodoric_, ki...
AND THE FOURTH ANGEL SOUNDED - See the notes at Revelation 8:6. AND THE THIRD PART OF THE SEA WAS SMITTEN - On the phrase the third part, see the notes on Revelation 8:7. The darkening of the heavenly...
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 FOURTH TRUMPET. And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so as the third part of them was darkened...
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...
SUN, MOON, STARS. The Lord Himself foretold these signs. See Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24.Luke 21:25, and compare Isaiah 5:30;...
The Fourth Trumpet, Revelation 8:12-13 12. _the third part of the sun_, &c. Here we may think either of the Egyptian plague of darkness, Exodus 10:21 sqq., or of a _reversal_(as in the last case) of t...
_THE NEXT TWO ANGELS SOUND REVELATION 8:11-13:_ The third trumpet led to a star named Wormwood being thrown into water and one third of the fresh water was make bitter and poisonous. Rome had distress...
ΈΣΆΛΠΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΑΛΠΊΖΩ (G4537) дуть в трубу, ΈΠΛΉΓΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΛΉΣΣΩ (G4141) бить, поражать, ΣΕΛΉΝΗ (G4582) луна, ΣΚΟΤΙΣΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΣΚΟΤΊΖΩ (G4654) темнеть, з...
THE FOURTH ANGEL SOUNDED, &C.— At the sounding of the fourth trumpet, _the third part of the sun, moon, and stars,_ that is, the great lights of the Roman empire, were eclipsed and _darkened,_ and rem...
_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 28 Text Revelation 8:12 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; that t...
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone...
__ 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)....
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....
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 FOURTH ANGEL... — Translate, _And the fourth angel sounded, and there was smitten the third part of the sun, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; that the third par...
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...
“So as to darken a third part of them, and (_i.e._) to prevent a third of the day from shining (φάνῃ, or φάνῃ Win.) and of the night likewise”. Daylight is shortened by a third, and the brightness of...
_The first four trumpets_....
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...
Our environment is greatly effected by the sun, moon and stars, as one can see by observing radical changes occurring during an eclipse or sunspots. Men now know the moon has a direct relation to tide...
(9) And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day sho...
The third part of the sun was smitten. This may signify a third part of men killed in those wars, or (according to the opinion that refers all to antichrist's time) that in those days the sun and moon...
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone n...
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 FOURTH ANGEL SOUNDED,.... His trumpet. Some think this refers to the Eutychian heresy, which confounded the two natures of Christ, and of two made one mixed nature, neither human nor divine; a...
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone n...
_And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten_, &c. A fit representation to express the last desolation of the imperial city, which God's righteous judgment doomed, as Babyl...
THIRD PART OF THE SUN-MOON-STARS; for the darkening of the heavenly bodies as the symbol of the overthrow of nations, see above note to chap Revelation 6:12-14....
The sounding of the third and fourth trumpets:...
AND THE FOURTH ANGEL SOUNDED, AND THE THIRD PART OF THE SUN WAS SMITTEN AND THE THIRD PART OF THE MOON AND THE THIRD ART OF THE STARS, SO AS THE THIRD ART OF THEM WAS DARKENED, AND THE DAY SHONE NOT F...
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...
_ 12 Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likew...
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...
Interpreters (setting aside one or two, who conceit the Revelation is nothing but a repetition of things that happened in Judea before John's time) generally agree, that the period of time to which th...
Revelation 8:12 Then G2532 fourth G5067 angel G32 sounded G4537 (G5656) And G2532 third G5154 sun G2246 struck...
‘And the fourth angel sounded and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day sh...
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 8:12. In this verse we have the contents of the fourth trumpet, which touches the sun, the moon, and the stars. Yet it must not be supposed that, because these heavenly bodies are now intro...
WAS SMITTEN (επληγη). Second aorist passive indicative of πλησσω, old verb (like πληγη plague), here only in N.T.THAT SHOULD BE DARKENED (ινα σκοτισθη). Purpose clause with ινα and the first aoris...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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...
THEN THE FOURTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET. The heavens themselves become tools to be used against the enemies of Christ's church! All disasters which have their origin in space are included here....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 8:12 The darkening of A THIRD OF THE SUN, MOON, and STARS resembles the ninth plague on Egypt ...
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)....
_12 AND THE FOURTH ANGEL SOUNDED, AND THE THIRD PART OF THE SUN WAS SMITTEN, AND THE THIRD PART OF THE MOON, AND THE THIRD PART OF THE STARS; SO AS THE THIRD PART OF THEM WAS DARKENED, AND THE DAY SHO...
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 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Acts 2:20; Amos 8:9; Ex
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 fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten — Or struck. After the emperor Theodosius died, and the empire was divided into the eastern and the western, the barbarous natio...
Observe here, 1. That by the sun, moon, and stars, in scripture prophecies, the potentates and powers of. state are understood: accordingly the darkening of the sun, moon, and stars, do understand the...