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Revelation 6:1
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts, saying, Come and see.
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts, saying, Come and see.
REVELATION 6:1 e;rcou {B} After e;rcou, which is well supported by A C P 1 1006 1611 1854 2053 vg copsa, bo _al_, several witnesses add (as though the verb “Come!” 3 were addressed to the Seer) kai....
CHAPTER VI. _What followed on the opening of the seven seals. The opening_ _of the_ first _seal; the_ white horse, 1, 2. _The opening of the_ second _seal; the_ red horse, 3, 4. _The opening of th...
AND I SAW - Or, I looked. He fixed his eye attentively on what was passing, as promising important disclosures. No one had been found in the universe who could open the seals but the Lamb of God Revel...
CHAPTER S 6 The Opening of the Seven Seals _ 1. The first seal (Revelation 6:1)_ 2. The second seal (Revelation 6:3) 3. The third seal (Revelation 6:5) 4. The fourth seal ...
REVELATION 6. THE OPENING OF THE SEALS. When the seals of the book are opened by the Lamb, a number of woes are let loose upon the world. The first four are described under the figure of horses of dif...
If the reader has followed the preceding chapter he is ready to behold the sweep of vision beginning with the opening of the first seal. Let it not be forgotten that the sealed book is the book of des...
THE OPENING OF THE SEALS (Revelation 6:1-8) As one by one the seals of the roll are opened, history unfolds itself before John's eyes. As we study this section, we must remember one general fact whi...
And I saw when the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a loud voice like the sound of thunder, "Come!" And I saw, and, behold, a white ho...
And I saw, when the Lamb opened the first of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a loud voice like the sound of thunder: "Come!" And I saw, and, behold a white horse, a...
SAW. App-133. LAMB. See Revelation 5:6. SEALS. Read "seven seals", with texts. AS... SAYING. Read, "one of the four _zoa_ saying as with. voice of thunder". BEASTS. See Revelation 4:6. AND SEE. A...
The First Seal. Chap. 6 Revelation 6:1-2 1. _one of the four_ Presumably the Lion, as the other voices are described as those of the second, third, and fourth. But the voice (so the word "noise" shoul...
1, 2. ἜΡΧΟΝ. ΚΑῚ ΕἾΔΟΝ, ΚΑῚ ἸΔΟΎ. אB2 and Latin read ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε, καὶ ἰδού; hence Text. Rec[229] reads ἔρχου καὶ βλέπε from Vg[230] [229] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [230] Vulgat...
ΕἾΔΟΝ. Primas[226] omits. [226] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ΛΈΓΟΝΤΟΣ ὩΣ ΦΩΝῊ ΒΡΟΝΤΗ͂Σ. A reads ὡς φ. β. λέγοντος; Primas[227] omits ὡς φ. β.; א reads λεγόντων ὡς φωνὴν β.; Text. Rec[228] with...
_SEALS ONE AND TWO WERE OPENED - REVELATION 6:1-4:_ The first seal is a picture of victory for God's people. The victor always rode a white horse after the battle. The one on the horse is royalty. He...
ΕΊΔΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΉΝΟΙΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать, ломать печать. Когда первая печать сломана, начинается семилетний период несчастий. Иудеи считали,...
AND I SAW, &C.— St. John had seen, in the former part of his vision, a representation of the majesty, glory, power, and supreme authority of God; and also the sealed book, in which were contained the...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER VI THE OPENING OF THE SEALS _Text (Revelation 6:1-17)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatu...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 15 Text: Revelation 6:1-2 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I Heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come. 2 An...
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. Note, Revelation 5:1. Mede, Fleming, Newton, etc., hold t...
__ Throne Section-The Seals 13 It has been suggested that the Syriac version preserves the true reading here. After "blessing" it goes right on and gives every creature to the Lambkin, rather than g...
6:1 see]. (b-30) The words 'and see' here and vers. 3,5,7, are very doubtful and probably added in some MSS....
THE SIX SEALS The afflicted Church has been reminded in Revelation 4 f. that God is over all, and that the future is committed to the Lamb. Now (Revelation 6 - Revelation 8:1) she is shown that future...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 THE 7 *SEALS - REVELATION 6:1-8 THE FIRST 6 *SEALS - REVELATION 6:1-17...
AND I SAW WHEN THE LAMB (the diminutive form of Lamb is still used)... — The words “and see” are doubtful. They are found in some MSS. and omitted in others: the authority for their omission and for t...
CHAPTER IV. THE SEALED ROLL OPENED. Revelation 6:1. WITH the sixth chapter of the Apocalypse the main action of the book may be said properly to begin. Three sections of the seven into which it is d...
The command or invitation ἔρχου is not addressed to Christ (as Revelation 22:17; Revelation 22:20). If addressed to the seer, it is abbreviated from the ordinary rabbinic phrase (_ueni et uide_) used...
THE RIDERS ON THE FOUR HORSES Revelation 6:1 The seals signify those events which prepare the way for the coming of the Kingdom. The breaking of the first seals is accompanied by the summons of one o...
We now pass to that section of the Book in which, under the heavenly order by earthly administration, events proceed toward the great consummation. The Lamb, holding the book, breaks the seals. The a...
Instead of reading the scroll, it seems each time a seal is opened a part of its message is portrayed. One of the four beasts spoke with a voice like thunder and said "Come." It is doubtful the words...
And (1) I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. (1) This is the second part of this first history (which...
I saw that the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals, or the first seal. The interpreters are much divided in expounding what is to be understood by the sealed up contents, and in applying them to su...
CONTENTS With this chapter commenceth the Opening of the Seals. Here are six of them opened in this Chapter, the various Events of which are enumerated in Prophetical Language, and with these the Cha...
(1) And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. (2) And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The 7 Seals Part 1 There is a story told of a man who died after having led a thoroughly selfish, immoral life. Moments later, he found himself in a world of bright sunlight, soft music, and figures a...
What is to follow on earth now begins, when the seals are opened. It will be remarked here, that John, standing in the ruin of the assembly, gives prophetically all that passes from that failure till...
AND I SAW, WHEN THE LAMB OPENED ONE OF THE SEALS,.... Of the sealed book; one of the seven seals of it, as read the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and the Oriental versions, and the Complutensia...
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. Ver. 1. _One of the seals_] That is, the first of the seals...
_And_ Being all attention to this wonderful scene; _I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals_ Of the book which he had taken from the hand of him that sat on the throne; _and I heard, as it were th...
Here begin the proper prophecies of the book extending onward from the writer's day to the end of the world. For the general plan of the series and the principles on which its several parts are to be...
THE FIRST SEAL: THE WHITE HORSE (vv. 1-2) In the Lamb's opening of the seals our sight is transferred again to earth, but John does not return there. His vision is from heaven. The first seal (v. 1)...
SYMBOLS IN THIS CHAPTER A. SEALS - Proof of genuine, not tampered with, and official. The seals show that God has written and preserved the contents of this book, and it is definitely a message from...
1-8 Christ, the Lamb, opens the first seal: observe what appeared. A rider on a white horse. By the going forth of this white horse, a time of peace, or the early progress of the Christian religion,...
REVELATION CHAPTER 6 REVELATION 6:1 The opening of six of the seals in order, and what followed thereupon. CHAPTER INTRODUCTION We are now come to the prophetical, and therefore the most difficult, pa...
Revelation 6:1 Now G2532 saw G1492 (G5627) when G3753 Lamb G721 opened G455 (G5656) one G3391 of...
CHAPTER 6 THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SIX SEALS. The next stage of John's vision describes the opening of the seals by the Lamb, and it will soon be clear that the result is the outworking of world histo...
‘And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Go!”. And I saw and behold a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow,...
onwards. The Lamb now begins to open the seals. The inevitability of history is revealed, for all is seen to be in God's hands. He is in control of history. But this does not mean He causes it to be....
With the beginning of this chapter we enter upon the fourth or leading section of the Apocalypse, extending to chap. Revelation 18:24. The section contains what had been described in chap. Revelation...
Revelation 6:1. AND I SAW. This word ‘saw' is to be taken absolutely, as in Revelation 6:2, where it is repeated. WHEN THE LAMB OPENED ONE OF THE SEVEN SEALS. We have no right to translate the origin...
AND I SAW (κα ειδον). As in Revelation 4:1; Revelation 5:1. The vision unfolds without anything being said about opening the book and reading from it. In a more vivid and dramatic fashion the Lamb b...
BEASTS Living creatures. (_ See Scofield) - (Ezekiel 1:5). _ COME AND SEE Come! Omit "and see." So (Revelation 1:3); (Revelation 1:5); ...
CONTENTS: The opening of the seals. CHARACTERS: Christ, John. CONCLUSION: Woe to those who dwell upon the earth in the days of the great Tribulation, when the wrath of God is poured forth for the fin...
Revelation 6:1. _One of the living creatures,_ that is, the lion, with a voice roaring like thunder, said, _Come and see._ The saints must keep their eyes on what the Lord is doing in the earth. Revel...
THEN I SAW. The Lamb breaks open the first of the seals. COME. The four living creatures (cherubim) take turns introducing a horseman....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 6:1 The vision of the Lamb receiving the scroll (Revelation 4:1) introduces a series of seven visions as the scroll’s seals are broken. These visions show several w
The Lamb successively opens four seals, and there come out in order four horses and their riders; one horse white, one red, one black, and one pale. Here are the four horses of the Apocalypse, a phras...
CALAMITIES ON THE OPENING OF SIX SEALS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE first catastrophe, or overthrow of the Jewish persecuting power, is the subject of chaps. 6–11. Some take the subject in a...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 6:1 AND I SAW. A new departure in the series of visions is marked (see on Revelation 4:1). We have here the commencement of the Revelation proper, to which the first five chapt...
CHAPTER 6 - JESUS OPENS THE FIRST SIX SEALS The Lamb will now open the seven seals from the scroll one at a time and John will tell us what he sees. The period of time John will be observing in Revel...
Now in chapter six, He begins to open the scroll. And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four living creatures saying, Come and see. And...
Acts 4:20; Revelation 10:3; Revelation 10:4; Revelation 11:19;...
Of the seals. Add seven. And see. Omit....
THE OPENING OF THE SEALS Revelation 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS This study will discover unto us those events which will particularly mark the beginning of sorrows. There are four horse riders to be bro...
I heard one — That is, the first. Of the living creatures — Who looks forward toward the east....
The former chapter acquainted us with Christ's receiving of the sealed book; this with the opening of it seal by seal. Christ reveals unto St. John the deep counsels of God, which were hidden and secr...