With his saints sealed, God is ready to deal with the wicked and the seventh seal is opened. As He prepares to act, there is a half hour of silence in heaven. This silence can describe quiet expectation and reverent awe. (Habakkuk 2:20)
REVELATION 8:1 o[tan Although a P and almost all minuscules, followed by the Textus Receptus, read o[te, the Committee preferred o[tan, which is supported by A C 1006 1611 1841. The reading o[te seem...
CHAPTER VIII. _The opening of the seventh seal_, 1. _The seven angels with the seven trumpets_, 2-6. _The first sounds, and there is a shower of hail, fire, and_ _blood_, 7. _The second sounds, a...
AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SEVENTH SEAL - See the notes on Revelation 5:1. THERE WAS SILENCE IN HEAVEN - The whole scene of the vision is laid in heaven Revelation 4:1, and John represents things as t...
CHAPTER 8 Revelation 8:1 . The silence in heaven when the seventh seal is opened is indicative of the solemn things which are now to come. The scroll is now fully opened and there is an ominous hush...
REVELATION 8:1. SILENCE IN HEAVEN: the explanation of this silence has always puzzled commentators. The usual interpretation is in the words of C. A. Scott (Cent.B, p. 198): It suggests the wistful or...
We now pass down the records of the world's history to the beginning of. new period. In the seventh chapter the prophet has portrayed the four winds as held back from the work of destruction until the...
When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who stand in the presence of God, and seven trumpets were given to them. Another angel c...
THE SILENCE AND THE THUNDER OF PRAYER (Revelation 8:1-5)...
HAD. Omit. WAS. came to be. SILENCE. Greek. _sige._ Only here and Acts 21:40. HEAVEN. the heaven. See Revelation 3:12. THE SPACE OF. Omit....
The Seventh Seal. Chap. 8 Revelation 8:1 1. _there was silence_ All the promised signs of Christ's Coming have been fulfilled everything has, apparently, been made ready for it: and we expect Him to c...
ὍΤΑΝ. With AC; Text. Rec[284] reads ὅτε with all other documents. [284] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. Revelation 8:1 (3–6). THE SEVENTH SEAL If, as some suppose, the Vision of the An...
_THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEAL REVELATION 8:1-3:_ At the opening of the seventh seal "there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." This silence in heaven demonstrated a sober, awest...
ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) когда. Temp, используется здесь не в неопределенном значении ("когда бы ни"); напротив, в койне эта частица часто использовалась с _aor. ind._ для обозначения конкретного случая (RG, 973)...
_REVELATION 8:1_.— This chapter opens the _second grand period_ of this prophesy; which begins upon the opening of the _seventh seal,_ and is distinguished by the _sounding of seven trumpets._ This pe...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 24 Text Revelation 8:1-6 And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels that stand be...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER VIII THE SEVENTH SEAL OPENED _Text (Revelation 8:1-13)_ 1 And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 An...
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. WAS - `began to be.' SILENCE IN HEAVEN ABOUT ... HALF AN HOUR. The last seal being opened, th...
__ Throne Section-The Trumpets 15 The fact that they perform priestly functions shows that they are of the priest nation. No other nation will have access to the temple (Exo_19:6; 1Pe_2:9; Rev_1:6)....
8:1 was (a-9) _ Ginomai_ . It took place then....
THE SEVENTH SEAL. THE FOUR TRUMPETS 1. The seventh seal is opened. Heaven waits in hushed awe for a brief period. REVELATION 8:2 TO REVELATION 11:19. The Seven Trumpets....
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 8 THE SEVENTH (7TH) *SEAL - REVELATION 8:1 V1 When the *Lamb opened the seventh (7th) *seal, there was silence in heaven for about h...
VIII. (1) AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SEVENTH SEAL... — Translate, _And when he opened the seventh seal there took place a silence in heaven as it were for half an hour._ It is greatly to be regretted...
CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST SIX TRUMPETS. Revelation 8:1; Revelation 9:1. THE two consolatory visions of chap. 7 have closed, and the Seer returns to that opening of the seven Seals which had been interr...
The opening of the seventh seal is followed by half an hour's silence in heaven: “he opened” looks back to Revelation 6:12, the absence of subject showing that 7 is a parenthesis foreign to the seal-s...
The seventh seal includes the seven trumpets. What a contrast that pause must have been to the jubilant songs of the great multitude! In the Jewish temple, we are told, the musical instruments and cha...
The seventh and last seal on the scroll is broken. On earth uproar and strife follow as at Babel, but in heaven silence for half an hour. Then follows the sounding of trumpets initiating activities le...
And (1) when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. (1) He returns to the history of the seals of the book, which the Lamb opens. The seventh seal...
_There was silence in heaven: which is to represent as it were a general consternation, and an expectation of dreadful events at the opening of the seventh seal, and when seven Angels stood prepared t...
(1) And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. (2) And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets....
CONTENTS We have here, the Opening of the seventh Seal. To this succeeds the seven Angels coming forward with their seven Trumpets. An Angel is seen at the Altar of Incense. Four of the Angels in suc...
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 Seventh Seal I. INTRODUCTION A. During our study of chapter 6, (during the 5th seal), we caught a glimpse "of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held....
This at once distinguishes them from the heavenly worshipers; there is no temple there; the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple. He that sits on the throne tabernacles over these, as once ov...
AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SEVENTH SEAL,.... That is, when the Lamb had opened the seventh and last seal of the scaled book: THERE WAS SILENCE IN HEAVEN ABOUT THE SPACE OF HALF AN HOUR; not in the th...
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. Ver. 1. _The seventh seal_] The business or parts whereof are the seven trumpets, that sound a dr...
_And when he had opened the seventh seal_ This seal is introductory to the trumpets contained under it, as the seventh trumpet introduces the vials which belong to it. The period, therefore, of this s...
SILENCE IN HEAVEN-HALF AN HOUR; indicating quiet for a short time, eager expectation of what was to follow, and silent aspirations to God....
THE THIRD VISION AND THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEAL. The preparation for the sounding of the trumpets:...
AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE SEVENTH SEAL, THERE WAS SILENCE IN HEAVEN ABOUT THE SPACE OF HALF AN HOUR....
THE SEVENTH SEAL OPENED: Introduction to the Trumpets The last of the seven seals is now opened (v. 1) and there is silence in heaven for about half an hour before John sees seven trumpets given to...
_ 1 When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour._ A. Here is real drama. You know that something important is about to happen. But, you wait. You keep waiting...
1-6 The seventh seal is opened. There was profound silence in heaven for a space; all was quiet in the church, for whenever the church on earth cries through oppression, that cry reaches up to heaven...
REVELATION CHAPTER 8 REVELATION 8:1 The seventh seal opened. REVELATION 8:2 Seven angels receive seven trumpets. REVELATION 8:3 An angel presenteth the prayers of the saints with incense on the golden...
Revelation 8:1 G2532 When G3753 opened G455 (G5656) seventh G1442 seal G4973 was G1096 (G5633) silence...
THE SECOND VISION CONTINUED. The Seventh Seal is Opened. The First Six Trumpets (Revelation 8:1 - Revelation 9:21). ‘And when he opened the seventh seal there followed a silence in Heaven about the...
Revelation 8:1. The opening of the seals is resumed in almost exactly the same strain as before in chap. 6. When the seventh seal was opened there followed A silence in heaven. This silence is general...
AND WHEN HE OPENED (κα οταν ηνοιξεν). Here modal αν is used with οτε (used about the opening of the preceding six seals), but οταν is not here rendered more indefinite, as is sometimes true (Mark 3:...
CONTENTS: Opening of the seventh seal from which seven trumpets come. Four of the trumpet judgments announced. CHARACTERS: John, seven angels, angel with censor. CONCLUSION: Woe to those who, by thei...
Revelation 8:1. _When he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour._ The holy prophets in receiving revelations sought to be silent, calm, and abstracted...
SILENCE IN HEAVEN. The hush of silence is to emphasize the things which are about to happen. THEN I SAW. John did not _see_ the silence, but he _sees_ the seven angels. They are given seven Trumpets _...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 8:1 SILENCE... FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. In anticipation of the Lord’s coming judgment (Zephaniah 1:7;...
The seventh seal is opened and there is silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. It is the lull before the storm; it is the suspense of dread before the breaking out of some great and porten...
FOUR TRUMPET VOICES _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 8:1. SEVENTH SEAL.—“The main visions give us more external aspects; the interposed visions show the inner and more spiritual aspects. Th...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 8:1 AND WHEN. Καὶ ὅταν, instead of καὶ ὅτε (as in the other seals), is read in A, C, and gives a certain indefiniteness which does not belong to any of the rest (Alford)....
CHAPTER 8 - LAST SEAL OPENED 4 TRUMPETS SOUND _ 1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour._ After the parenthetical chapter of what will h...
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour (Revelation 8:1). Silence can sometimes be an awesome thing, especially in a tremendous crowd of pe...
Habakkuk 2:20; Job 4:16; Psalms 37:7; Psalms 62:1; Revelation 5:1;...
When [ο τ ε]. Read otan, the indefinite particle with the indicative mood. For a similar construction, see Mark 11:19 (correct reading). Alford observes that it occurs in the opening of this seal only...
THE SEVEN TRUMPETS Revelation 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The seventh seal. The sixth seal was opened in the closing statements of Revelation 6:1. The seventh chapter, which was studied in our last tw...
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven — Such a silence is mentioned but in this one place. It was uncommon, and highly observable: for praise is sounding in heaven day a...
When he had opened, that is, when the Lamb, who opened the six foregoing seals, did open the seventh, there was SILENCE IN HEAVEN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR, by way of allusion to what was done in the temple...