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Revelation 6:3-4

Another horse came out. This horse is red - symbolic of violent death. As the Good News of Jesus is preached, persecution and sacrifice follow. Read what Jesus said in Matthew 10:34-39. The red horse refers to religious persecution stirred up by preaching Christ. The sword here is the sacrificial knife which was used to kill the animal on the Jewish altar (compare Hebrews 9:12 ff). "Kill" as used here means to "slaughter as a sacrifice." The world slaughters the people of God as a sacrifice [they don't intend it that way] to God, which he accepts as praise to him (Revelation 13:9-10; Revelation 14:13).

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    REVELATION 6:3-4 e;rcou) kai, {B} As in ver. Revelation 6:1, after e;rcou, which is here well supported by A C P 046 1006 1611 1854 2053 vg syrph, h copsa, bo...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Revelation 6:3. _THE SECOND BEAST_] That which had the face of an _ox_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THE SECOND SEAL. And when he had opened the second seal,. heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse _that was_ red: and _power_ was given to him that sat thereon to t...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    When he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say: "Come!" And there came forth another horse, blood-red in colour, and to him that sat upon it there was given to take peace f...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HAD. Omit. SAY. saying, Revelation 6:1....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    3, 4. THE SECOND SEAL...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἜΡΧΟΥ. Text. Rec[234] adds καὶ βλέπε; א καὶ ἴδε; Latt. _et vide_. [234] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener....

  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SECOND SEAL,— The second seal or period is noted for _war_ and _slaughter;_ and was proclaimed by the _second living creature,_ which was like an ox, and had his station in...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    At the opening of the second seal, a red horse came forth. Its rider was empowered to take peace from the earth. He carried a short sword, like the one used by Roman soldiers. The word for "kill" is t...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Message from Patmos by David Scott Clark

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • The Revelation of Jesus Christ Through the Ages by Donald A. Koenig

    _3 AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SECOND SEAL, I HEARD THE SECOND BEAST SAY, COME AND SEE._ _ 4 AND THERE WENT OUT ANOTHER HORSE THAT WAS RED: AND POWER WAS GIVEN TO HIM THAT SAT THEREON TO TAKE PEACE FR...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Revelation 4:7; Revelation 6:1...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    And see. Omit. Had opened [η ν ο ι ξ ε ν]. Rev., rendering the aorist mow literally, opened....

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature — Who looked toward the west. Saying, Come — At each seal it was necessary to turn toward that quarter of the world which it...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    The second seal opened did represent to St. John's visionary view. RED HORSE, of. bloody colour; denoting first the dreadful execution of God's wrath upon the Jews, embroiling the land with wars, divi...

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