They were told to rest. A white, flowing robe is given to each of them (symbolic of being free from guilt, of being holy, and of great happiness). God hears their prayers, but his purpose is not yet fulfilled. God knows the exact number of martyrs to his cause, and not until this many are sacrificed to him, will our world come to an end.
Verse Revelation 6:11. _WHITE ROBES_] The emblems of purity, innocence, and triumph. _THEY SHOULD REST YET FOR A LITTLE SEASON_] This is a declaration that, when the cup of the iniquity of the Jews...
AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE FIFTH SEAL - notes at Revelation 5:1; Revelation 6:1. I SAW UNDER THE ALTAR - The four living creatures are no longer heard as in the opening of the first four seals. No rea...
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 FIFTH SEAL. It is evident, from the entire change of the imagery, that, after the fourth seal, the subject of prophetic vision is entirely changed. The horse now disappears, and is seen no more i...
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw beneath the altar the souls of those who had been stain for the sake of the word of God and because of the witness which they bore. And they cried with a loud voic...
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...
WHITE ROBES. a white robe. See Revelation 7:9 and Mar 12:88. WERE. was. EVERY ONE. each one. YET FOR, &C.. yet. little time (Greek. _chronos._ App-195). FELLOWSERVANTS. Greek. _sundoulos._ Occurs...
_And white robes were given_ We should read, AND THERE WAS GIVEN THEM TO EACH ONE A WHITE ROBE, bringing out still more fully than the old text, that the white robe is an individual, not a common bles...
THE FIFTH SEAL...
ἘΔΌΘΗ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ ἙΚΆΣΤΩΙ ΣΤΟΛῊ ΛΕΥΚΉ. Hipp[246] reads ἐδόθησαν αὐτοῖς στολαὶ λευκαὶ, and so Vg[247]; Primas[248] _datae sunt eis singulis stolae albae_ (omitting the rest of the verse which Cyp[249] rec...
_SEAL FIVE WAS OPENED REVELATION 6:9-11:_ The fifth seal pictured souls under the alter crying for vindication. The soul is the real person. Our body is only a temporary house. These precious ones hav...
ΈΔΌΘΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΣΤΟΛΉ (G4749) одежда. Это длинное, до пола одеяние, которое должно подчеркнуть их положение. Почти всегда это слово обозначает длинную одежду, касающу...
WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE FIFTH SEAL, &C.— This and the following seals have nothing extrinsical, like the proclamation of the living creatures, to determine from what quarter we should expect their comp...
_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 16 Text Revelation 6:9-11 9 And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony w...
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed...
__ 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...
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...
(9-11) THE FIFTH SEAL differs from the four earlier seals. It is not introduced by the voice of the living beings, and the cry “Come.” The voice which is now heard is not the cry of the groaning world...
AND WHITE ROBES WERE GIVEN... — The victims, however, are not forgotten. _There was given to them (each) a white robe._ The white robes, the glistening apparel of the saints (comp. Revelation 3:4), sh...
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 white robe assigned each (Blass, § 32, 4) of these martyr-spirits as a pledge of future and final glory (Revelation 7:9) and a consoling proof that no judgment awaited them (Revelation 20:4-6), is...
The fifth seal opened....
“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...
Man is a living soul. (Genesis 2:7; 1 Corinthians 15:44-45) Man also has a spiritual soul which will not die. (Matthew 10:28) McCord indicates the word "destroy" is elsewhere translated "lost." ...
And (8) white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be kill...
(9) And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: (10) And they cried with a loud voice, sa...
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 INTERMEDIATE STATE_ ‘And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain.… And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them...
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 WHITE ROBES WERE GIVEN TO EVERYONE OF THEM,.... The Alexandrian copy, and some others, read in the singular number, "a white robe", and so does the Syriac version; as a token of their innocence, t...
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed a...
_And white robes were given unto every one of them_ As a token of their justification, and favourable acceptance with God; of their victory and triumph over death, their joy and glory. _And it was sai...
WHITE ROBES; expressive of victory and blessedness. SHOULD REST YET FOR A LITTLE SEASON; an intimation that the full time for avenging their blood has not yet come, but that more must first be added...
The opening of the fourth and fifth seals:...
AND WHITE ROBES WERE GIVEN UNTO EVERY ONE OF THEM; AND IT WAS SAID UNTO THEM THAT THEY SHOULD REST YET FOR A LITTLE SEASON UNTIL THEIR FELLOW-SERVANTS ALSO AND THEIR BRETHREN THAT SHOULD BE KILLED AS...
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)...
_ 11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be k...
9-11 The sight the apostle beheld at the opening the fifth seal was very affecting. He saw the souls of the martyrs under the altar; at the foot of the altar in heaven, at the feet of Christ. Persecu...
AND WHITE ROBES WERE GIVEN UNTO EVERY ONE OF THEM; white robes of glory; for the white robes of Christ's righteousness, and of a holy life, were by them put on before they were slain. THAT THEY SHOULD...
Revelation 6:11 Then G2532 white G3022 robe G4749 given G1325 (G5681) them G1538 and G2532 said G4483 ...
THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH SEAL (REVELATION 6:9). ‘And when he opened the fifth seal I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they...
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 6:11. To the cry of these martyred souls an answer is given both by deed and word. By deed; for A white robe, denoting the purity of saints perfected in Christ, was bestowed on each of them...
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...
A WHITE ROBE (στολη λευκη). Old word from στελλω, to equip, an equipment in clothes, a flowing robe (Mark 12:38). For the white robe for martyrs see Revelation 3:4; Revelation 4:4;...
FULFILLED That is, their number filled up....
Revelation 6:11 The Intermediate State. I. In this passage we are told that the saints are at rest. "White robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest ye...
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...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 6:9 The FIFTH SEAL reveals the Lamb’s reason for devastating the earth. John sees the SOULS of believers SLAIN for bearing witness about Jesus (com
The fifth seal was opened and John saw the souls of those slain for the word of God, and the testimony which they held. Where were they? Under the altar in heaven, which doubtless means at the foot of...
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...
_9 AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE FIFTH SEAL, I SAW UNDER THE ALTAR THE SOULS OF THEM THAT WERE SLAIN FOR THE WORD OF GOD, AND FOR THE TESTIMONY WHICH THEY HELD:_ _ 10 AND THEY CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, S...
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...
Daniel 12:13; Hebrews 11:40; Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 26:21; John 16:2;...
White robes were given unto every one of them [ε δ ο θ η σ α ν ε κ α σ τ ο ι ς σ τ ο λ α ι λ ε υ κ α ι]. The best texts read ejdoqh aujtoiv eJkastw stolh leukh there was given them to each one a white...
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...
And there was given to every one a white robe — An emblem of innocence, joy, and victory, in token of honour and favourable acceptance. And it was said to them — They were told how long. They were not...