Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 16:9
And the men blasphemed God, who had power over these plagues — They could not but acknowledge the hand of God, yet did they harden themselves against him.
And the men blasphemed God, who had power over these plagues — They could not but acknowledge the hand of God, yet did they harden themselves against him.
Verse Revelation 16:9. _THEY REPENTED NOT_] No moral national amendment has taken place in consequence of the above calamities in that unhappy country, nor indeed any of those nations engaged against...
AND MEN WERE SCORCHED WITH GREAT HEAT - That is, as above expressed, calamity came upon them which would be well represented by such heat. It is said that this calamity would come upon people, and we...
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...
REVELATION 16:2. The first bowl. The wrath of God is poured out on the worshippers of the beast, _i.e._ Antichrist, _i.e._ Nero. MARK OF THE BEAST: REVELATION 13:16 *. WORSHIPPED HIS IMAGE: _ i.e._ th...
THE FOURTH VIAL. "And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire." "And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God...
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...
POWER. The texts add "the". App-172. OVER. App-104. REPENTED. App-111. NOT. App-106. GLORY. See p. 1511....
_repented not to give him glory_ Contrast Revelation 11:13, which therefore cannot refer to the same judgements as here, nor (probably) to judgements on the same place or people....
8, 9. THE FOURTH VIAL...
ΤῸ ὌΝΟΜΑ. A reads ἐνώπιον. 9. ἘΒΛΑΣΦΉΜΗΣΑΝ. Contrast Revelation 15:4. This, which marks a new and intenser stage of suffering, is henceforth repeated after every vial but the sixth, which describes p...
_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,...
ΈΚΑΥΜΑΤΊΣΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΥΜΑΤΊΖΩ (G2739) гореть, ΚΑΎΜΑ (G2738) жар, зной. Родственный _асс._, относящийся к _pass._ гл. (RWP). ΈΒΛΑΣΦΉΜΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΛΑΣΦΗΜΈΩ (G987) хулить,...
DISCOURSE: 2520 REPENTANCE Revelation 16:9. _And they repented not to give Him glory_. THROUGHOUT this chapter, the Apostle is speaking of the seven last plagues which were to be poured out upon the...
THE FORTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE SUN, &C.— As the fourth trumpet affected _the sun,_ ch. Revelation 8:12. so likewise the fourth vial _is poured out upon the sun._ An intense heat ensues,...
_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...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 53 Text Revelation 16:8-9 8 And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat: and...
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. MEN - `the men.' REPENTED NOT TO GIVE HIM GLORY...
__ 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...
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...
GOD, WHICH] RV 'the God which.' 10F. The fifth bowl is poured in judgment upon the city of Rome, the seat of empire. The heathen world governed by Rome becomes full of the darkness of terror and rebel...
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...
AND THE FOURTH... — Better, _And the fourth_ (_angel_)_ poured out his vial upon the sun; and it was given to it_ (the “sun,” not the “angel;” the rendering of the English version “unto him is mislead...
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
Failure to honour the true God, a note of the heathen spirit (as in Revelation 11:13; Revelation 14:7; Romans 1:28). See Introd., § 6. For the general idea, _cf._ 2 Clem. ix.: “while we have opportuni...
RECOMPENSE FOR THE BLOOD OF SAINTS Revelation 16:1 It makes us pause to hear that angels, who rejoice over one sinner that repenteth, are employed in these terrible judgments. It is very startling to...
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...
This may be a representation of the Lord's fiery judgment against his adversaries. (Psalms 97:1-3; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9) Coffman suggests Christ and his Word are the spiritual light of men as the sun...
(8) And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. (9) And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath p...
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...
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...
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...
AND MEN WERE SCORCHED WITH GREAT HEAT,.... Burned with rage against the followers of Christ; were filled with envy at the success of his Gospel, and with fury and madness at the ruinous condition of t...
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. Ver. 9. _And men were scorched_] Or parched, scald...
_And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun_ Namely, of the Papal kingdom; _and power was given unto him_ Unto the angel; _to scorch men with fire_ Alluding to the heat of the sun, namely,...
THEY REPENTED NOT; they grew no better under their torment, being given up to hardness of heart and blindness of men. The elements, which ordinarily are sources of rich blessings, become, when commiss...
The emptying of the fourth, fifth, and sixth vials:...
AND MEN WERE SCORCHED WITH GREAT HEAT, AND BLASPHEMED THE NAME OF GOD, WHICH HATH POWER OVER THESE PLAGUES; AND THEY REPENTED NOT TO GIVE HIM GLORY....
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...
_ 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory._ A. When these men are burned with this gr...
SCORCHED: Or, burned...
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...
What the damned do in hell, where the wrath of God is poured out upon men to the utmost, that reprobates do upon earth, they are SCORCHED WITH GREAT HEAT, the vengeance of God cometh upon them; they a...
Revelation 16:9 And G2532 men G444 scorched G2739 (G5681) great G3173 heat G2738 and G2532 blasphemed G987 ...
‘And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun and it was given to it to scorch men with fire, and men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagu...
Revelation 16:9. AND MEN WERE SCORCHED WITH GREAT HEAT, AND THEY BLASPHEMED THE NAME OF GOD, WHICH HATH THE POWER OVER THESE PLAGUES, AND THEY REPENTED NOT TO GIVE HIM GLORY. The blaspheming is produc...
WERE SCORCHED (εκαυματισθησαν). First aorist passive indicative of same verb.WITH GREAT HEAT (καυμα μεγα). Cognate accusative retained with the passive verb. Old word (from καιω to burn), in N.T....
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...
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....
POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE SUN. The fourth Trumpet brings the heavens themselves as tools to be used against the enemies of Christ's church! (_See note on_ Revelation 8:12.) Some think Deuteronomy 28:...
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
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 16:8 Instead of darkening the SUN (see Revelation 8:12), the FOURTH bowl will intensify
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 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...
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...
_8 AND THE FOURTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE SUN; AND POWER WAS GIVEN UNTO HIM TO SCORCH MEN WITH FIRE._ _ 9 AND MEN WERE SCORCHED WITH GREAT HEAT, AND BLASPHEMED THE NAME OF GOD, WHICH HAT...
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...
2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Corinthians 12:21; 2 Kings 6:33; Amos 4:6;...
Repent to give Him glory. Glorify Him by repentance. His kingdom was darkened. Compare Exodus 10:21; Exodus 10:22. They gnawed [ε μ α σ σ ω ν τ ο]. Only here in the New Testament. For pain [ε κ τ ο...
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