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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Revelation 16:11

Verse Revelation 16:11. Blasphemed the God of heaven] Neither did they repent; therefore other judgments must follow. Some think that the sun was Vitellius, the Roman emperor, and that his throne means Rome; and the darkening refers to the injuries she sustained in her political consequence by the civil wars which then took place, from which she never entirely recovered. Others apply it all to papal Rome, and in this respect make out a very clear case! Thus have men conjectured, but how much nearer are we to the truth?

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND BLASPHEMED THE GOD OF HEAVEN - The same effect which it was said would be produced by the pouring out of the fourth vial, Revelation 16:9. BECAUSE OF THEIR PAINS AND THEIR SORES - Of the calamiti...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 16 Revelation 16:1 . The great voice commands the seven angels to go on their way and to empty the bowls upon the earth (Ps. 49:24). And these vials of judgments affect not only the Roman Emp...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    REVELATION 16:12. The sixth bowl lets loose forces in the Far East, at or near the river Euphrates (Revelation 9:14 *), to attack and destroy the Roman Empire. EUPHRATES. DRIED UP: the object of this...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THE FIFTH VIAL. "And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven bec...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE SEVEN BOWLS OF THE WRATH OF GOD (Revelation 16:1-21) It will be better to read through the whole chapter before we study it in detail. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying to the seven...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AND Add "they". THE GOD OF HEAVEN. See Revelation 11:13. HEAVEN. See Revelation 3:12. BECAUSE OF, OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. AND. Add "because of" (_ek,_ as above)....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    10, 11. THE FIFTH VIAL...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Primas[555] omits; Beatus quotes as follows (? from Tyc[556]) _et comedebant linguas suas a doloribus suis, blasphemantes ex ira Dei, et paenitentiam non egerunt_. [555] Primasius, edited by Hausslei...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE FOURTH AND FIFTH VIALS OF GOD'S WRATH REVELATION 16:8-11:_ The sadness of the terrible attitude of the ungodly was that they, "blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores,...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΒΛΑΣΦΉΜΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΈΩ (G987) хулить, богохульствовать (TLNT; TDNT). ΠΌΝΟΣ (G4192) боль, ΈΛΚΏΝ _gen. pl._ (G1668) нарывы, язвы (_см._ Revelation 16:2). ΜΕΤΕΝΌΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE FIFTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE SEAT, &C.— The fifth vial _is poured out upon the seat or throne of the beast, and his kingdom_ becomes _full of darkness,_ as Egypt did under her ninth pl...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Strauss-' Comments SECTION 54 Text Revelation 16:10-11 10 And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11 and...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XVI _Text (Revelation 16:1-21)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the wra...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. SORES. Therefore each fresh plague was accompanied with the preceding plagues: there was a...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    __ Temple Section-The Bowls 3 This corresponds very closely with the second trumpet (Rev_8:8). That was limited to a third and affected the ships. The blood here is ''as if of a dead man." 4 The th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SEVEN BOWLS In the last chapter there was a pause of suspense, during which the angels of the 'plagues' were seen coming forth from the Presence of God to pour out His wrath. In this chapter the...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 16 THE 7 BOWLS OF GOD’S ANGER - REVELATION 16:1-21 V1 Then I heard a loud voice from the *temple. It said to the 7 *angels, ‘Go. Po...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    But even the failure of their own light does not work repentance: _they gnawed their tongues from their pain._ Here is remorse and suffering. They are “unto themselves” (as the Book of Wisdom describe...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Revelation 16:1 CHAPTER XII THE SEVEN BOWLS. Revelation 15:1; Revelation 16:1. NOTHING can more clearly prove that the Revelation of St John is not written upon chronological principl

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    The ninth Egyptian plague of darkness (due to the eclipse, _cf._ Revelation 8:12 ?) falls on Rome, aggravating the previous pains of the Romans (Revelation 16:2) and driving them into exasperation and...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE WAR OF THE GREAT DAY OF GOD” Revelation 16:10 All these judgments apparently refer to the destruction of those great systems of falsehood and apostasy which set themselves against the truth and...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    A condensed and graphic description of the processes of judgment on the rebellious and sinful race follows. Evil has wrought itself out to its most terrible expression, and now it is to be smitten wit...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The fifth trumpet brought the darkening of the earth because of the black cloud from the bottomless pit. (Revelation 9:1-2; Compare Exodus 10:22) In Revelation 13:1-2, we noted the beast gets his powe...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (10) And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, (11) And blasphemed the God of heaven because of...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We begin now what may be called the second volume of the Revelation. The prophetic part of the book divides into two portions at this point. This is another land-mark that cannot be despised, if we wo...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

    The Bowl Judgments At a children's missions conference I asked, "Where is the safest place in the world?" Matthew age 7, answered in all seriousness, "I think it's where God wants you to be!" I. INT...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The first vial of wrath brought the utmost distress and shameful misery on all who had taken the mark of the beast. The second brought the power of moral death on the mass of peoples; all who were amo...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND BLASPHEMED THE GOD OF HEAVEN,.... Who made it, and dwells in it, and from whence wrath is revealed, and comes upon the seat of the beast, upon the kingdom of antichrist, and the subjects of that k...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. Ver. 11. _And blasphemed the God of heaven_] As they did in 1588, when the Spaniards gave out...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And the fifth angel poured out his vial on the seat_, or throne, _of the beast_ The reader will recollect that mention has been made of two beasts, (see Revelation 13:1; Revelation 13:11,) the _secul...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND BLASPHEMED THE GOD OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF THEIR PAINS AND THEIR SORES, AND REPENTED NOT OF THEIR DEEDS....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The emptying of the fourth, fifth, and sixth vials:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST BOWL POURED OUT (vv. 1-2) A great voice from the temple now commands the execution of judgment. Grace has been patient; justice has not been hasty, but is to be apportioned out precisely...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    _ 11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds._ A. THEY BLASPHEME GOD. They have done this wickedness and are angry that God is puni...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-11 The heart of man is so desperately wicked, that the most severe miseries never will bring any to repent, without the special grace of God. Hell itself is filled with blasphemies; and those are i...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This is the same that was said, REVELATION 16:9, of a former party belonging to the beast, and doth but signify, that there will be found the same vein of blindness of mind, hardness of heart, and rep...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Revelation 16:11 G2532 blasphemed G987 (G5656) God G2316 heaven G3772 because G1537 their G846 pains G4192 an

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

    Revelation 16:11. AND THEY BLASPHEMED THE GOD OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF THEIR PAINS AND THEIR SORES, AND THEY REPENTED NOT OUT OF THEIR WORKS. Compare on Revelation 16:9....

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    THEY BLASPHEMED (εβλασφημησαν)AND THEY REPENTED NOT (κα ου μετενοησαν). Precisely as in verse Revelation 16:9, which see. Not just because of the supernatural darkness, but also "because of their...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Vials of God's wrath poured out. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John, 7 angels, beast, 3 demons. CONCLUSION: There shall, in the great Tribulation period, be poured out such manifestations of the...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Revelation 16:1. _Pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth._ The catastrophes of nations have their origin in heaven. “Oh Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff of my indignation....

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    Poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. This shows the incredible cruelty of man to each other. Governments fall! Political chaos brings economic depression! The throne of the beast is the cen...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 16:10 DARKNESS was the ninth plague on Egypt (Exodus 10:21). The refusal to REPENT (compare

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 16:1 The first four bowls inflict plagues on the earth, sea, rivers and springs, and sun (compare Revelation 8:7). The destruction poured out from the bowls is t

  • The Message from Patmos by David Scott Clark

    Chapter sixteen relates the pouring out of the vials. And they bear a close resemblance to the opening of the seals and the sounding of the trumpets in the preceding section of the Book. As previously...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE SEVEN VIALS, OR BOWLS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ “THIS chapter describes the pouring out of the seven vials—that is to say, the extremest punishments of God—upon the throne and empire of the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION In the judgments of the _vials, _or _bowls, _we have undoubtedly a recapitulation of what has been already foretold in the trumpet and seal visions. This recapitulation is not a mere repeti...

  • The Revelation of Jesus Christ Through the Ages by Donald A. Koenig

    _10  AND THE FIFTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE SEAT OF THE BEAST; AND HIS KINGDOM WAS FULL OF DARKNESS; AND THEY GNAWED THEIR TONGUES FOR PAIN,_ _ 11  AND BLASPHEMED THE GOD OF HEAVEN BECAUSE...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In the fifteenth chapter of the book of Revelation, we had sort of the introduction to chapter sixteen, as we saw the seven angels in heaven who are given the seven final plagues which complete the ju...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 36:23; 2 Timothy 3:13; Daniel 2:18; Daniel 2:19; Dan

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    MERCY AND PUNISHMENT Revelation 14:1, _Revelation 15:1; Revelation 16:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open our study on three Chapter s in Revelation, we find various scenes in chapte

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And they — His followers. Gnawed their tongues — Out of furious impatience. Because of their pains and because of their ulcers — Now mentioned together, and in the plural number, to signify that they...

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