Strauss-' Comments
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Text Revelation 16:2

2 And the first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth; and it became a noisome and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and that worshipped his image.

Initial Question Revelation 16:2

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What were the results of the first bowl of anger - Revelation 16:2?

Revelation 16:2

The content of the first bowl brought a terrible plight to man's physical comfort. It repeats the picture of the Egyptian plagues discussed in Exodus 9:10-11 - And came (egeneto - 2nd aor. ind. - the judgment came immediately) a bad, (kakon - bad - has a moral connotation) evil (ponçron - stresses the activity of evil or evil at work - see Paul's Mystery of Lawlessness - 2 Thessalonians 2:7) sore (helkos - a boil, or scab of leprosy) on the men having the mark of the beast - The sixth Egyptian plague (Exodus 9:8-12) had this same effect on men.

Discussion Questions

See Revelation 16:17-21.

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