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Revelation 7 - Introduction

The two Visions in this Chapter, 1 8, 9 17, each introduced by the same phrase "After this" extend the opening of the Sixth Seal very considerably beyond that of the others; but are really episodical.

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See also Revelation 7 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Analysis Of The Chapter The state of things represented in this chapter Revelation 7 is, that where there had been awful consternation and alarm, as if the end of the world were coming, and where the...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    REVELATION 7. This chapter seems to be an interlude in the movement of the drama. It is not easy to see how it fits on to the previous narrative. Some scholars have regarded it as an interpolation. Ot...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    WHAT ABOUT THE SAINTS? Revelation Seven Revelation chapter six provided an announcement of the terrible judgment that was to come on the Roman Empire. The natural question would be “what will happen...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _AN ANGEL SEALETH THE SERVANTS OF GOD IN THEIR FOREHEADS, EVEN AN INNUMERABLE MULTITUDE, WHICH STAND BEFORE THE THRONE, CLAD IN WHITE ROBES, AND WITH PALMS IN THEIR HANDS. THEIR ROBES WERE WASHED IN T...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 place; (b-19) Aorist, lit. 'have taken place,' perhaps 'be accomplished.' signified (c-22) * Lit. 'made known by signs.'...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION 7 This chapter contains a vision seen at the end of the sixth, and at the opening of the seventh seal, which expresses the security of the saints in all ages following, the...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    INTRODUCTION Take a minute and refresh your memory of the in the chart we studied in the introductory material. O. T. EXAMPLE N. T. PARALLEL SYMBOLISM Physical bondage Spiritual bondage Great Tribul...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * A pause between two great periods. (1-3) The peace, happiness, and safety of the saints, as signified by an angel's sealing 144,000. (4-8) A song of praise. (9-12) The blessedness and glory of those...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    The seventh chapter of this book contains two visions, and it is of importance to determine the relation in which they stand to the general plan of the book, as well as to what immediately precedes an...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    TRIAL AND PERSECUTION. CHAPTER S 4-7. (JOHN 16:33) BACK TO FIRST COMING OF CHRIST Chapter s 4 - 7 begin with the First Coming and deal with the church being persecuted and tested in the world. Jesus...

  • The Message from Patmos by David Scott Clark

    CHAPTER VII. We have been considering the opening of the seals. The first four seals gave us the four horsemen, signifying conquest, war, famine, and death. The fifth seal showed us the souls of saint...

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