Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Revelation 8:6
Verse Revelation 8:6. Prepared themselves to sound.] Each took up his trumpet, and stood prepared to blow his blast. Wars are here indicated; the trumpet was the emblem of war.
Verse Revelation 8:6. Prepared themselves to sound.] Each took up his trumpet, and stood prepared to blow his blast. Wars are here indicated; the trumpet was the emblem of war.
AND THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH HAD THE SEVEN TRUMPETS PREPARED THEMSELVES TO SOUND - Revelation 8:7. Evidently in succession, perhaps by arranging themselves in the order in which they were to sound. The...
CHAPTER S 8:6-11:18 The Sounding of the Seven Trumpets _ 1. The first trumpet (Revelation 8:6)_ 2. The second trumpet (Revelation 8:8) 3. The third trumpet (Revelation 8:10) 4. The
THE FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS. The first four trumpets, like the first four seals, form a connected group, and differ in character from the last three. They affect chiefly the natural world, which they over...
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...
THE SILENCE AND THE THUNDER OF PRAYER (Revelation 8:1-5)...
TO SOUND. in order that (Greek. _hina)_ they might sound (Greek. _salpizo._ First of ten occurences)....
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
_THE SEVEN ANGELS PREPARE TO SOUND REVELATION 8:4-6:_ The judgment God spoke of through John was occasioned by severe persecution against the church by Rome. God would send destruction that would stop...
ΈΧΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, (_см._ Revelation 5:6). ΉΤΟΊΜΑΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΤΟΙΜΆΖΩ (G2090) готовить, ΣΑΛΠΊΣΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΣΑΛΠΊΖΩ (G4537) дуть в трубу....
AND THE SEVEN ANGELS—PREPARED THEMSELVES TO SOUND.— As the seals foretold the state and condition of the Roman empire before, and till it became Christian, so the trumpets foreshow the state and condi...
_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...
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...
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. SOUND - blow the trumpets....
__ 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)....
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...
AND THE SEVEN ANGELS... — Translate, _And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves that they might sound._ The angels raised their trumpets to their mouths, ready to blow. The s...
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...
f. The fresh series of disasters does not advance matters any further than the previous seal-series. Both lead up to the final catastrophe, and upon the edge of it melt into a further development whic...
_The first four trumpets_....
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...
The angel now takes coals from the altar where he had just offered the prayers and incense and pours them upon the earth. God has heard the prayers of his saints and has the angel pour out this fiery,...
(4) And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. (4) This is the work of the administers. The angels, the administers of Christ, by sounding trumpet and voice (for t...
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. It will neither be improper nor unprofitable I hope, under the Lord's teaching, if, before we enter upon the several dis...
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 THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH HAD THE SEVEN TRUMPETS,.... Given them, Revelation 8:2; PREPARED THEMSELVES TO SOUND; they stood up, took their trumpets in their hands, and put them to their mouths; this...
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. Ver. 6. _Prepared themselves_] Having got sign, as it were, by that which Christ did in the former verse, they set to i...
_And the smoke of the incense ascended before God_ In an odoriferous cloud, _with the prayers of the saints_ A testimony of God's gracious acceptance, both of the intercession of the great High-Priest...
THE SEVEN TRUMPETS; in accordance with the view that has been given above, the four trumpets of the present chapter are commonly understood as emblematic of the successive invasions by which the destr...
AND THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH HAD THE SEVEN TRUMPETS PREPARED THEMSELVES TO SOUND. The narrative at this point, with all its simplicity, is full of dramatic intensity: And when He opened the seventh seal...
THE THIRD VISION AND THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEAL. The preparation for the sounding of the trumpets:...
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...
_ 6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound._ A. The angels are ready to sound their trumpets one at a time. B. The trumpets were used to announce great events an...
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...
The angels are God's ministers, by which he bringeth his counsels to pass in the world: they hearing the _thunderings_ and _voices, _ knew the time was come when they were to begin the execution of Go...
Revelation 8:6 So G2532 seven G2033 angels G32 who G3588 had G2192 (G5723) seven G2033 trumpets G4536 prepared...
‘And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.' It is possible that the silence in Heaven has been utilised for the purpose of putting into action the prayers of God's...
Revelation 8:6. The prayers of the suffering Church have been heard, and the answer is to be given. Hence we are told in this verse that the SEVEN ANGELS PREPARED THEMSELVES TO SOUND. The words are, s...
PREPARED THEMSELVES (ητοιμασαν αυτους). First aorist active indicative of ετοιμαζω. They knew the signal and got ready.TO SOUND (ινα σαλπισωσιν). Sub-final (object) clause with ινα and the first...
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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...
PREPARED TO BLOW THEM. To carry out God's decree. This is serious warning, but not final doom. Note that Trumpets affect a _third of the earth -_ but not the whole earth....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 8:2 A brief vision of God’s heavenly temple, focusing on a golden incense altar, opens a new cycle of seven visions, each of which is introduced by an angelic trumpet bla...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 8:6 Revelation’s third vision series (with a second interlude in Revelation 10:1) pictures judgments sent from heaven in response to the saints’ prayers. The fir
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)....
_2 AND I SAW THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH STOOD BEFORE GOD; AND TO THEM WERE GIVEN SEVEN TRUMPETS._ _ 3 AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME AND STOOD AT THE ALTAR, HAVING A GOLDEN CENSER; AND THERE WAS GIVEN UNTO HIM M...
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...
Revelation 8:2...
To sound [ι ν α σ α λ π ι σ ω σ ι ν]. Lit., that they should blow the trumpets. Raised their trumpets to their mouths in act to blow....
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 the seven angels prepared themselves to sound — That each, when it should come to his turn, might sound without delay. But while they do sound, they still stand before God....
Note here, 1. The readiness of the holy angels in heaven to execute the will and pleasure of God here on earth; they knew that the execution of God's judgments was to be performed by them, and accordi...