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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Revelation 16:21

Verse Revelation 16:21. A great hail-about the weight of a talent] Has this any reference to cannon balls and bombs? It is very doubtful; we are all in the dark in these matters.

The words ως ταλαντιαια, as a talent, are used to express something great, excessively oppressive; as νοσηματων ταλαντιαιων, terrible diseases, not diseases of the weight of a talent. See Rosenmuller.

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