Revelation 6:1
Of the seals. Add seven. And see. Omit.... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the seals. Add seven. And see. Omit.... [ Continue Reading ]
White horse. For white, see on Luke 19:29. Horse, see Zechariah 1:7-11; Zechariah 6:1-8. All the figures of this verse are those of victory. The horse in the Old Testament is the emblem of war. See Job 39:25; Psalms 76:6; Proverbs 21:31; Ezekiel 26:10. So Virgil : " But I beheld upon the grass four... [ Continue Reading ]
And see. Omit. Had opened [η ν ο ι ξ ε ν]. Rev., rendering the aorist mow literally, opened.... [ Continue Reading ]
Red [π υ ρ ρ ο ς]. From pur fire. Flame - colored. Compare 2 Kings 3:22; Zechariah 1:8. Only here and chapter Revelation 12:3. To take peace from the earth. Compare Matthew 10:34; Matthew 24:7. Kill [σ φ α ξ ω σ ι ν]. See on chapter Revelation 5:6. Sword [μ α χ α ι ρ α]. Compare Matthew 10:34. In... [ Continue Reading ]
Come and see. Omit and see. Black. The color of mourning and famine. See Jeremiah 4:28; Jeremiah 8:21; Malachi 3:14, where mournfully is, literally, in black. Pair of balances [ζ υ γ ο ν]. Rev., a balance. Properly, anything which joins two bodies; hence a yoke (Matthew 11:29; Acts 14:10). The cros... [ Continue Reading ]
Measure [χ ο ι ν ι ξ]. Choenix. Only here in the New Testament. A dry measure, according to some, a quart; to others a pint and a half. Herodotus, speaking of the provisions for Xerxes' army, assigns a choenix of corn for a man's daily supply, evidently meaning a minimum allowance (vii., 187); and T... [ Continue Reading ]
Pale [χ λ ω ρ ο ς]. Only in Revelation, except Mark 6:39. Properly, greenish - yellow, like young grass or unripe wheat. Homer applies it to honey, and Sophocles to the sand. Generally, pale, pallid. Used of a mist, of sea - water, of a pale or bilious complexion. Thucydides uses it of the appearanc... [ Continue Reading ]
Altar [θ υ σ ι α σ τ η ρ ι ο υ]. See on Acts 17:23. The altar of sacrifice, as is indicated by slain; not the altar of incense. The imagery is from the tabernacle. Exodus 39:39; Exodus 40:29. Souls [ψ υ χ α ς]. Or lives. See on 3 John 1:2. He saw only blood, but blood and life were equivalent terms... [ Continue Reading ]
They cried [ε κ ρ α ζ ο ν]. See on Mark 5:5. How long [ε ω ς π ο τ ε]. Lit., until when. Compare Zechariah 1:12. O Lord [ο δ ε σ π ο τ η ς]. See on 2 Peter 2:1. Only here in Revelation. Addressed to God rather than to Christ, and breathing, as Professor Milligan remarks, "the feeling of Old Testam... [ Continue Reading ]
White robes were given unto every one of them [ε δ ο θ η σ α ν ε κ α σ τ ο ι ς σ τ ο λ α ι λ ε υ κ α ι]. The best texts read ejdoqh aujtoiv eJkastw stolh leukh there was given them to each one a white robe. So Rev. Stolh is properly a long, flowing robe; a festive garment. Compare Mark 16:5; Luke 14... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Luke 21:8-36; compare Revelation 17:20-37). The parallelism between the two is, to a certain extent... [ Continue Reading ]
Untimely figs [ο λ υ ν θ ο υ ς]. Better, as Rev., unripe. Compare Matthew 24:32; Isaiah 34:4. Only here in the New Testament.... [ Continue Reading ]
Departed [α π ε χ ω ρ ι σ θ η]. The verb means to separate, sever. Rev., was removed. Scroll [β ι β λ ι ο ν]. See on Luke 4:17. Compare Isaiah 34:4. Mountain and island. Compare Matthew 24:35; Nahum 1:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the earth. See on verse 10. Great men [μ ε γ ι σ τ α ν ε ς]. Rev., princes. See on high captains, Mark 6:21 Chief captains [χ ι λ ι α ρ χ ο ι]. See on Mark 6:21, and on centurion, Luke 7:2. The mighty [ο ι δ υ ν α τ ο ι]. The best texts read oiJ ijscuroi. Rev., the strong. For the difference in... [ Continue Reading ]
Said [λ ε γ ο υ σ ι ν]. Lit., say. So Rev. Fall on us. Compare Hosea 10:8; Luke 23:30. Wrath [ο ρ γ η ς]. Denoting a deep - seated wrath. See on John 3:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
The great day [η η μ ε ρ α η μ ε γ α λ η]. Lit., the day, the great (day). For the construction, see on 1 John 4:9. Is come [η λ θ ε ν]. Lit., came. Shall be able to stand [δ υ ν α τ α ι σ τ α θ η ν α ι]. Rev., rightly, is able. Compare Nahum 1:6; Malachi 3:2.... [ Continue Reading ]