And the kings of the earth — They who had been so in their day. And the great men and chief captains — The generals and nobles. Hid themselves — So far as in them lay. In the rocks of the mountains — There are also rocks on the plains; but they were rocks on high, which they besought to fall upon them.
Verse Revelation 6:15. _THE KINGS OF THE EARTH_, c.] All the secular powers who had endeavoured to support the pagan worship by authority, influence, riches, political wisdom, and military skill with...
AND I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL - See the notes at Revelation 5:1; Revelation 6:1. AND, LO, THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE - Before endeavoring to ascertain to what the sixth seal was des...
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...
THE SIXTH SEAL. I must ask the reader to attentively examine the latter portion of Revelation, chapter VI., before reading what. have to say under the head of the sixth seal. It runs as follows: And....
And the kings of the earth and the great ones and the captains and the rich and the strong, and every slave and every free person hid themselves in the caves and the rocks of the hills, and said to th...
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...
THE KINGS OF THE EARTH. See App-197. As regards the social fabric, the present conditions will exist when the Lord comes. GREAT MEN. Greek. _megistanea._ Only here; Revelation 18:23.Mark 6:21. MEN,...
_chief captains_ Should be transposed with "rich men." The word means lit. "captains of thousands," and was in St John's time the recognised equivalent (as e.g. Acts 21:31, &c.) for the _tribunus_of t...
THE SIXTH SEAL...
ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ΧΙΛΊΑΡΧΟΙ, ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ΠΛΟΎΣΙΟΙ, ΚΑῚ ΟἹ ἸΣΧΥΡΟΊ. Cop[260] omits καὶ οἱ χιλίαρχοι; A omits the first καὶ; 1 36 read καὶ οἱ πλούσιοι καὶ οἱ χιλ.; 1 36 aeth[261] omit καὶ οἱ ἰσχυροί. [260] Coptic. [26...
_SEAL SIX WAS OPENED REVELATION 6:12-17:_ The sixth seal pictured the day of the Lord as a Day of Judgment upon a wicked nation. John used the same idea the prophets had used to picture the judgment o...
ΜΕΓΙΣΤΆΝ (G3175) великий, могущественный, вельможа, правитель городского совета (Swete). ΧΙΛΊΑΡΧΟΣ (G5505) командир тысячи солдат, трибун. Этот термин обычно обозначал военного командира, независимо...
I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL, &C.— The sixth seal or period produces mighty changes and revolutions, which, according to the prophetic style, are expressed by great commotions in the ear...
_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 20 Text: Revelation 6:12-17 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon...
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the...
__ Throne section-The 144,000 12 Compare Mat_24:29. 12 This cataclysm affects heaven as well as earth. There will be many quakes at the time of the end (Rev_8:5; Rev_8:11-13; Rev_8:19; Rev_16:18)....
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...
(15-17) _AND THE_ _KINGS..._ — Translate,_ And the kings of the earth, and the magnates, and the commanders of hosts, and the wealthy, and the strong, and every man, bond and free, hid themselves (goi...
(12-17) THE SIXTH SEAL. — The seals follow the lines laid down by our Lord in Matthew 24. There He tells His disciples that wars (Revelation 6:6), famines and pestilences (Revelation 6:7), and persecu...
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...
Note the sevenfold description of the effect produced on humanity (Revelation 19:18, _cf._ Revelation 13:16), the Roman χιλίαρχοι (= tribuni), the riches and rank of men (ἰσχ. a dramatic touch = defia...
_The sixth seal opened_ (_cf._ Crashaw's _To the Name of Jesus_, 220 234)....
“THE WRATH OF THE LAMB” Revelation 6:9 This imagery is very majestic; but we cannot really think that the holy martyrs desire to be revenged, except in love and grace. That their persecutors should b...
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...
Every class of wicked men will run to hide from the Lamb on his throne. This includes rulers, nobles, military leaders, rich, slaves, and freemen. Since similar language is used to describe other nati...
(10) And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of...
(12) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; (13) And the stars of heaven fe...
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 3 To stop sinning suddenly.--Elbert Hubbard Quotes from Eddie Marquez, a young man that I watched die of AIDS on Tuesday morning, July 20, 6:00 AM (1993). He was a hemafhiliac and c...
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 THE KING'S OF THE EARTH, AND THE GREAT MEN,.... The Roman emperors, and other principal magistrates, governors of provinces and cities: AND THE RICH MEN; among the commonalty; these three may des...
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the m...
_And I beheld_ Further in my vision; _when he_ The Lamb; _had opened the sixth seal; and lo! there was a great earthquake_ Greek, σεισμος μεγας εγενετο, _there was a great concussion:_ for the express...
HID THEMSELVES; under the judgments of God, fled, and attempted by concealment to elude the search of their destroyers....
The opening of the sixth seal:...
AND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH AND THE GREAT MEN AND THE RICH MEN AND THE CHIEF CAPTAINS AND THE MIGHTY MEN AND EVERY BONDMAN AND EVERY FREE MAN HID THEMSELVES IN THE DENS AND IN THE ROCKS OF THE MOUNTAIN...
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)...
12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to...
12-17 When the sixth seal was opened, there was a great earthquake. The foundations of churches and states would be terribly shaken. Such bold figurative descriptions of great changes abound in the p...
A terror shall fall upon all sorts of men, high and low; and, like men affrighted, they shall seek for themselves hiding places, where they can think themselves most secure: see ISAIAH 2:19....
Revelation 6:15 And G2532 kings G935 earth G1093 G2532 men G3175 G2532 men G4145 G2532 commanders...
THE OPENING OF THE SIXTH SEAL (REVELATION 6:12). ‘And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in th...
‘And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood, and the stars of the heaven fell to the e...
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...
Revelation 6:15-17. (4) These verses contain the fourth and last member of the description. Of the persons on whom the terror of God's judgments falls prominence seems to be given to the first, the KI...
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...
THE PRINCES (ο μεγιστανες). Late word from the superlative μεγιστος, in LXX, Josephus, papyri, in N.T. only in Mark 6:21; Revelation 6:15; Revelation 18:23, for the grandees, the persecuting procons...
Revelation 6:12. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood, and the stars of he...
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 THE KINGS OF THE EARTH, ETC. Under the symbolism of six groups of men, John sees [in his vision] the total godless world in terror as they will attempt to escape from God's wrath. As the very ear...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 6:12 The SIXTH SEAL previews the destruction of the first heaven and earth (Revelation 20:11;...
These verses close the chapter and complete the vision. John saw that the kings, great men, rich men, mighty men, bond and free, hid themselves in the dens and mountains, and cried to the rocks and mo...
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...
_12 AND I BEHELD WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL, AND, LO, THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE; AND THE SUN BECAME BLACK AS SACKCLOTH OF HAIR, AND THE MOON BECAME AS BLOOD;_ _ 13 AND THE STARS OF HEAVEN F...
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...
1 Samuel 13:6; Hebrews 11:38; Isaiah 2:10; Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 24:21;...
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 mi...
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...
Observe here, That if this was meant of the Jews at the destruction of Jerusalem, it was exceeding dreadful, and bespake all sorts of men, from the highest to the lowest, to be under. most dreadful co...