Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 9:8
And they had hair as the hair of women — All the Persians of old gloried in long hair. And their teeth were as the teeth of lions — Breaking and tearing all things in pieces.
And they had hair as the hair of women — All the Persians of old gloried in long hair. And their teeth were as the teeth of lions — Breaking and tearing all things in pieces.
Verse Revelation 9:8. _HAIR AS THE HAIR OF WOMEN_] No razor passes upon their flesh. Their _hair long_, and their _beards unshaven_. _THEIR TEETH WERE AS_ THE TEETH _OF LIONS__._] They are ferocious...
AND THEY HAD HAIR AS THE HAIR OF WOMEN - Long hair; not such as men commonly wear, but such as women wear. See the notes on 1 Corinthians 11:14. This struck John as a peculiarity, that, though warrior...
CHAPTER 9 Revelation 9:1 . The remaining three trumpets have a “woe” attached to each. This is announced in the last verse of the preceding chapter, where the word angel should be “eagle.” An eagle,...
THE FIFTH TRUMPET OR THE FIRST WOE. The seer sees a star fallen on the earth. The star seems to represent a person, possibly Satan (_cf._ Luke 10:18). ABYSS: the word properly means bottomless, and is...
THE FIFTH TRUMPET. We are now prepared to listen to the trumpet of the fifth angel, and to behold the symbolism described by the prophet.. quote: And the fifth angel sounded, and. saw. star fall from...
THE UNLOCKING OF THE ABYSS (Revelation 9:1-2) 9:1,2 The fifth angel sounded a blast on his trumpet, and I saw a star failing from heaven on the earth, and to him there was given the key of the shaft...
From the smoke locusts came forth upon the earth, and they were given power like the power of the scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor an...
_as the hair of women_ It is said that, in Arabic poetry, the same comparison is used of the antennæ of the natural locust: but more probably this is one of the supernatural features of the descriptio...
ὩΣ ΤΡΊΧΑΣ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩ͂Ν. It is said that, in Arabic poetry, the same comparison is used of the antenuæ of the natural locust: but more probably this is one of the supernatural features of the description....
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
Revelation 9:1-12. THE FIFTH TRUMPET. FIRST WOE...
_THE LOCUST AND THEIR WORK REVELATION 9:4-12:_ Locusts are a universal symbol of destruction. The locusts are not literal. We know this because these locusts would not touch the grass, nor any green t...
ΕΪΧΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΤΡΊΧΑΣ _acc. pl._ от ΘΡΊΞ (G2359) волосы. ΟΔΌΝΤΕΣ _пот. pl. от_ ΌΔΟΎΣ (G3599) зубы, ΛΕΌΝΤΩΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΛΈΩΝ (G3023) лев. ΉΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΊ...
BUT THAT THEY SHOULD BE TORMENTED FIVE MONTHS, &C.— _But that they should torment,_ &c. one hundred and fifty years, from the year 612 to the year 762. See on Revelation 9:10. As the Saracens were to...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 30 Text Revelation 9:1-12 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss. 2 And...
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. HAIR OF WOMEN - long and flowing. Sign of a half-civilized race (1 Corinthians 11:14). An Arabic proverb compares...
__ Throne Section-The Locusts 8 The detailed description of these locusts forbids our taking them in any way but as literal creatures just as they are described, Their time limit is the same as natu...
THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TRUMPETS These herald woes upon the ungodly and idolatrous, inflicted both by demonic and by human agency. 1-12. The fifth trumpet initiates the first of the three woes. A star fa...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 9 THE FIFTH (5TH) *TRUMPET - REVELATION 9:1-12 V1 The fifth (5th) *angel’s *trumpet sounded. And I saw a star that had fallen from...
(8)AND THEY HAD HAIR... — Translate, _And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions, and they had breastplates as iron breastplates; and the sound of their wings w...
Revelation 9:1-12 : _The fifth trumpet_....
“OUT OF THE SMOKE OF THE PIT” Revelation 9:1 This chapter reminds us of the prophet Joel who, under the imagery of a swarm of locusts, depicted the coming invasion of hostile nations. Whether these w...
At the sounding of the fifth trumpet the procedure of judgment takes a new form, passing from the material to the spiritual. The loosing of Satan is suggestive of the manifestation of satanic agency u...
Though lies and false doctrines do not actually war against us, their shape, breastplate and the sound of their wings should warn us war is not far behind. Their victory crowns were not lasting, since...
And they had hair as the hair of women. This latter allusion, unhappily for the sectaries, betrays too plainly their sensual disposition towards that sex, their shameful doctrine on that score, and th...
(1) And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. (2) And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out...
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...
Hell on Earth Some minds are like finished concrete - thoroughly mixed and permanently set. I. INTRODUCTION A. By nature, we as human beings have an incredible gift for not dealing with things! 1....
The fifth angel sounds; and one who should have been by position the instrument of light and governmental order over the earth was seen as having lost his place; and the power to let loose the full da...
AND THEY HAD HAIR, AS THE HAIR OF WOMEN,.... Some locusts have smooth, others hairy heads n: this fitly points at the Arabians or Saracens, who, as Pliny says o, used to wear long hair without cutting...
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as _the teeth_ of lions. Ver. 8. _As the hair of women_] Insinuative, and inductive to sin. _ As the teeth of lions_] Joel 1:6. Catching...
_The shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle_ In this and the two following verses, the nature and qualities of these locusts are described, partly in allusion to the properti...
LIKE UNTO HORSES-HAIR-TEETH-BREASTPLATES-WINGS; compare the description of locusts in Joel 2:4-5. The Arabs wore their hair long, with turbans of gay colors, which seems to be enigmatically set forth...
The plague of the locusts:...
AND THEY HAD HAIR AS THE HAIR OF WOMEN, AND THEIR TEETH WERE AS THE TEETH OF LIONS....
THE FIFTH TRUMPET: A DEMON INFESTATION (vv. 1-12) The sounding of the fifth trumpet discloses "a star _fallen_ from heaven:" it is _already_ fallen (v. 1). This is the same star that fell under the...
_ 8 They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth._ A. The symbolism here is not clear. Some have suggested that the long hair like a woman represents the practice of all ki...
1-12 Upon sounding the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by this star becomes the minister of the devil; and lets lo...
AND THEY HAD HAIR AS THE HAIR OF WOMEN; dishevelled, or hanging loose; the Arabians were wont to go so; or this may signify, that they were beautiful as well as terrible to look upon. AND THEIR TEETH...
Revelation 9:8 G2532 had G2192 (G5707) hair G2359 like G5613 womens G1135 hair G2359 and G2532 their...
‘And the shapes of the locusts were like horses made ready for war, and on their heads were, as it were, crowns similar to gold, and their faces were like men's faces. They had hair like the hair of w...
The verses before as contain an account of the fifth trumpet....
Revelation 9:7-11. The locusts are now more particularly described, and the description consists of three parts; the first general, the second special, the third the locust king. The general descripti...
THEY HAD (ειχαν). Imperfect active, late form as in Mark 8:7 in place of the usual ειχον.AS HAIR OF WOMEN (ως τριχας γυναικων). That is long hair (1 Corinthians 11:15), with no reference to matter...
CONTENTS: Judgments of the fifth and sixth trumpets. CHARACTERS: God, angels, John, Abaddon. CONCLUSION: So fearful and unbearable will conditions be in the Great Tribulation days when Satanic powers...
Revelation 9:1. _The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star,_ the vile impostor Mahomed, _fall from heaven unto the earth. And to him was given the key of the bottomless pit:_ it should read, the keys...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 9:1 The STAR FALLEN FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH (v. Revelation 9:1) when the FIFTH trumpet sounds is
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 9:4 These locusts are no threat to earth’s vegetation (GRASS, GREEN PLANT, or TREE), and they do not look like locusts (vv....
And this personage, whoever he was, opened the bottomless pit, and there came out dense smoke that darkened the sky, and locusts with the power of scorpions. And they were enjoined not to hurt grass o...
THE FIFTH AND SIXTH WOE-TRUMPETS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 9:1. FALL.—Better, “fallen”; that had fallen. A star would seem to represent a false teacher. Some think Mahomet is referre...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 9:1 AND THE FIFTH ANGEL SOUNDED, AND I SAW A STAR FALL FROM HEAVEN UNTO THE EARTH; _a star from heaven fallen unto the earth _(Revised Version); not _saw a star fall. _(For the...
_7 AND THE SHAPES OF THE LOCUSTS WERE LIKE UNTO HORSES PREPARED UNTO BATTLE; AND ON THEIR HEADS WERE AS IT WERE CROWNS LIKE GOLD, AND THEIR FACES WERE AS THE FACES OF MEN._ _ 8 AND THEY HAD HAIR AS T...
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the eaRuth (Revelation 9:1): And it is interesting how that a great mountain of fire burning, a star falling, a star falling, these...
1 Corinthians 11:14; 1 Corinthians 11:15; 1 Peter 3:3; 1 Timothy 2:9;...
Hair of women. The antennae of the locust. There is said to be an Arabic proverb in which the antennae of locusts are compared to girls' hair. Teeth of lions. Compare Joel 1:6....